Remember how Israel-hater Hash Tayeh’s Burgertory Caulfield store was set alight, and he immediately claimed it was a hate crime and implied the perpetrators were “Zionists”, only for a police investigation to find no evidence linking the two?
Well, now his family home has been firebombed, and it is Groundhog(wash) Day, as Tayeh is again alleging it was a ‘hate crime.’
The family home of the founder of the Burgertory chain, Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh, was firebombed last week, the second time in the past five months that arsonists attacked a property connected to him.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at Tayeh’s house in Templestowe Lower about 4am on Friday, setting his front door alight.
The latest incident was captured by two security cameras at the property. Footage showed a lone man standing at the edge of the driveway before igniting a bottle and throwing it.
No one was injured, but Tayeh said the petrol bomb struck just below the bedroom of his two-year-old son.
In a post on Instagram, he labelled the firebombing as either terrorism or a hate crime.
“On Thursday after our Flinders Street rally, in the dead of night, while my family and I slept, our home became a target of terror. A firebomb, a weapon of hate, threatened the safety of my innocent two-year-old son, burning directly beneath his bedroom.”
In a video recorded at a demonstration on Sunday and posted to Instagram, Tayeh demanded police hold the people responsible for the fire to account and asked supporters to “amplify his voice”.
“The police have failed to protect this community. There have been so many attacks, not just against me, but against so many of us and now this has hit home and bombs were thrown at my house.”
Tayeh declined to comment and referred The Age to his lawyer.
Police said they were investigating after the front door of a home was damaged in Templestowe Lower on Friday, April 19.
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— 🎗️ David Lange (@Israellycool) April 22, 2024
Tayeh is again inflaming passions against Israel supporters, despite the complete lack of evidence the perpetrator was one.
Heck, it is even more likely to have been a fellow Israel-hater, given the rift that has emerged in that community, and the amount of people within it who think violent actions are justified.
