Video: Apple Store employee wears pro-Palestinian garment, smiles when confronted about it, and store manager defends her

An Apple Store employee was caught on video smiling when she was confronted about wearing a pro-Palestinian garment on the job — and a store manager defended her.

What are the details?

The video — posted Thursday on X — features a male apparently recording the clip and speaking near a pair of Apple Store employees, one of whom is wearing a pro-Palestinian garment on her waist:

Image source: X video screenshot via @sivanhakolkalul

The video narrator calls the female employee wearing the garment a "terrorist" who's "supporting f***ing Palestine."

The female employee just smiles, proudly points to her garment, and says "right here."

Image source: X video screenshot via @sivanhakolkalul

Seconds later, a female who identified herself as one of the store managers began to speak to the narrator, and he asked the manager why the employee was wearing the pro-Palestinian garment.

The manager told the narrator that he was harassing the employee, that he needed to leave the store, and that security would be called if he failed to comply.

Image source: X video screenshot via @sivanhakolkalul

The narrator was also accused of not being a customer, but the narrator insisted that he was in the store to pick up an item and pulled out what he said is his identification and credit card.

"Why did you let them wear this flag?" the narrator asked the manager. "Is she supporting [terror group] Hamas?" The manager and employee both deny she was supporting Hamas.

Soon the employee wearing the pro-Palestinian garment put up her hand and told the video narrator to "stop screaming."

Image source: X video screenshot via @sivanhakolkalul

The narrator then said Hamas "f***ing beheaded our babies," after which the employee wearing the pro-Palestinian garment replied, "That never happened."

The narrator then called the employee wearing the pro-Palestinian garment a "f***ing moron." The employee appeared to get angry, but she walked away as the narrator called her a "piece of s**t." The manager again told the narrator that he needed to leave, and that's when the clip ends.

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The date the video was recorded isn't clear, and neither is the exact location of the Apple Store in question; but the original poster of the clip indicates the store is in Orange County, California.

Apple on Friday afternoon didn't immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment on the video.

How are folks reacting?

As you might imagine, a whole bunch of folks aren't pleased about the Apple Store employee mixing her work with an overtly pro-Palestinian point of view:

• "Shame on @Apple for allowing this celebration [of] Hamas by an employee at an Apple Store," one commenter said. "Why call it a place for community when it's now just a political stage for your employees?"
• "@Apple you want to be boycotted next?" another commenter asked. "Identify these employees and FIRE THEM."
• "I am writing as a Jewish customer and stockholder," said another X user who addressed his comment directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. "The store’s staff is making Jewish customers feel unsafe and attacked. Hamas, the elected ruler of the Palestine entity, recently kidnapped and murdered 1,800 Israelis and Americans. Please urgently advise."
• "Employees that alienate potential or current customers ultimately hurt the revenues and Apple shareholders," another commenter stated.
• "So Apple supports terrorism? Wearing the flag as an employee is harassment in and of itself. And a blanket endorsement by Apple that they support terrorism," another commenter opined.

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