Anat Shabi, owner of a restaurant in Tel Aviv, was asked by Yair Eisenberg, a journalist who came to the place and recognized it as kosher, why the restaurant no longer has a kosher certificate.
In response, she claimed that because of the new Israeli government, she decided to stop selling kosher food.
Eisenberg later tweeted: "I'm a bit shocked, I just went to a restaurant in the Carmel Market area that is supposed to be kosher, when I entered I saw that there was no longer a kosher certificate there and I asked why. In response, the owner of the place got angry at me and said that because of the new government she decided to stop selling kosher. What the hell?!?!?!"
צר לי שהרגשת ננזף, כלסבית , תימניה, חד הורית ושמאלנית גאה ,זכותי המלאה להפוך את המקום שלי ללא כשר.אני מממנת את החרדים בעקיפין דרך המיסים שאני משלמת ולא בא לי לממן אותם גם במישרין .תהנה
— Anat Shabi (@ShabiAnat) January 16, 2023
Why did the restaurant remove its kosher certificate to protest Israel's government?
"I'm sorry you felt reprimanded. As a lesbian, Yemenite, single parent and a proud leftist, I have every right to make my place non-kosher. I fund the ultra-Orthodox indirectly through the taxes I pay and I don't want to fund them directly as well. Enjoy."
Anat Shabi
In response, the restaurant owner tweeted her own explanation: "I'm sorry you felt reprimanded. As a lesbian, Yemenite, single parent and a proud leftist, I have every right to make my place non-kosher. I fund the ultra-Orthodox indirectly through the taxes I pay and I don't want to fund them directly as well. Enjoy."