'You can't hide': PA governor blasts pro-Palestinian protesters spewing anti-Semitic chants outside Philly falafel shop

Pennsylvania's governor ripped into an anti-Israel mob that appeared outside a Jewish-owned falafel shop in Philadelphia, claiming that the owner was supportive of genocide. The anti-Israel protest is the latest in a slew of anti-Jewish protests that have spread across the U.S. since Hamas' devastating attack against the Jewish state on October 7.

The pro-Palestinian mob reportedly appeared outside Goldie's location in Center City, which is owned by Mike Solomonov, an Israeli-born man who previously won the James Beard Award, according to the Daily Mail. The mob chanted: "Goldie, Goldie you can't hide, we charge you with genocide."

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro caught wind of the protest and decided to take his thoughts to X, denouncing the behavior.

"Tonight in Philly, we saw a blatant act of antisemitism — not a peaceful protest. A restaurant was targeted and mobbed because its owner is Jewish and Israeli. This hate and bigotry is reminiscent of a dark time in history."

Shapiro went on to say that he had "communicated tonight with @Mike_Solomonov and his team at Goldie to share our support and Lori and I look forward to breaking bread there with them again soon."

Sunday's mob threats came at the same time that students at the University of Pennsylvania called for an "intifada," which is an uprising against the Jewish state.

The use of the term "intifada" is not unique to the protesters at Penn. It has also been used by protesters at Harvard University, which is currently under investigation for anti-Semitic rhetoric that has been present on campus since Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people in Israel.

An alum of Harvard who has called for a broader investigation by the Department of Education said: "During the Second Intifada, for example, Palestinian terrorists murdered over 1,000 Jews and Israelis, including through suicide-bomb attacks on buses and restaurants."

"And, as the House of Representatives recently acknowledged in a bipartisan resolution, ‘the phrase "from the river to the sea" … is widely recognized as a genocidal call to violence to destroy the state of Israel and its people to replace it with a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.'"

Penn, an Ivy League institution, is now facing a civil rights complaint after it was characterized as a "magnet for anti-Semites."

The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that the school was under investigation by the Department of Education in mid-November. A spokesperson for the university said, "The University is taking clear and comprehensive action to prevent, address, and respond to antisemitism, with an action plan anchored in the National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism."

"President Magill has made clear antisemitism is vile and pernicious and has no place at Penn; the University will continue to vigilantly combat antisemitism and all forms of hate.”

Anti-Israel sentiment has become such a concerning issue that the Department of Education has launched investigations into "Cornell University, Columbia University, Lafayette College, Wellesley College, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and the Maize Unified School District — a K-12 district located in Kansas," according to the Daily Pennsylvanian.

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