It is hard to know what to make of the sheer mindless stupidity of some people who claim to support the cause of Palestinians in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Boxes of live rodents have now been released at a number of McDonald’s restaurants, apparently as part of pro-Palestinian protests.
One incident took place on Monday in Birmingham. Video footage widely shared on social media shows a man wearing a Palestinian flag on his head, carrying a box filled with mice from the boot of his car and into the McDonald’s branch in the Star City leisure complex. He tips the mice — painted the colours of the Palestinian flag — on to the floor of the restaurant. Diners flee as the mice scurry across the floor. The man appears to shout: ‘Boycott Israel’ and ‘Fuck Israel’. The video footage, apparently filmed by an accomplice, ends with text on the screen calling for a boycott of brands that are ‘directly involved in supporting the Israeli apartheid’.
A similar protest took place at the city’s Perry Barr branch of the fast food chain on Tuesday.
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