Posted on 09/10/2002 5:21:29 AM PDT by SJackson
Although many patrons of the popular Cafe Rimon in Jerusalem may have been shocked by yesterday's news that the Arab chef and two Arab waiters plotted to poison the Jewish customers, at least one person was not surprised. Avraham Feld of Jerusalem told Arutz-7 today: "Last year, after the explosion that tore apart part of Lunz St. and Ben-Yehuda St. [and killed 11 young people], I arrived shortly afterwards at the Rimon Cafe. One of the things that overwhelmed me was the site of the kitchen staff of the Cafe Rimon in a state of joyous celebration - patting each other on the back, jumping up and down, singing songs in Arabic - it was like at the end of a soccer match when your team wins. They were marching and striding back and forth, so full of energy - it was amazing to me." [Click to hear the rest of Avraham’s comments.]
The chef, who was indicted yesterday, told investigators that he learned from a Hamas website how to poison coffee and other drinks without being detected. He planned to use odorless and tasteless poisons that would strike the victim with heart attack-like symptoms some 12-15 hours after ingestion.
The owner of the Rimon Cafe said he was "shocked" at the news of the conspiracy, adding that the chef was employed there for three years. He denied Feld's report about the Arab kitchen staff's joy, saying the entire story was fabricated.
Many Jerusalemites are not so confident. Arutz-7's Effie Meir, who toured downtown Jerusalem today, found a group of men who said that they used to frequent Rimon daily, but recently changed over to a nearby establishment that employed only Jews. They said they began to fear the fact that the entire kitchen staff was Arab. One said, "Call it what you want, but I don't want an Arab to serve me. I've heard too many cases…" A woman said that she feels unnerved in places where the workers are "our cousins," adding, "I buy meat at a butcher in Kiryat HaYovel, and he has two workers who are our cousins, and sometimes they are there alone without supervision. It is disturbing…"
I know many people who will eat only at kosher mehadrin (very stringent kosher) establishments that employ only Jewish workers as food handlers. Several years ago on a visit to Israel, I was warned never to eat at a place that employed Arab food handlers, "because they will p!$$ and c%@p in the food." But of course, any liberal will tell you the people giving this advice were all "vile, fanatical racists."
The Palestinians have realized they have dug themselves into a tremendous hole. Eventually, they will stop digging. But I don't see how they are ever going to be able to climb out.
That would seem to be noting more than common sense, two words not in the liberal lexicon.
Here's looking forward to the day when that coffin is full, the lid is nailed shut tight, and the vampire inside it is buried with a stake through the heart.
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