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'It is also animal abuse!': Internet reacts after a pro-Palestinian posted video of himself releasing spray-painted mice into a McDonald’s

This news comes to light after the company’s Israeli branch announced its decision to donate free meals to the Israeli troops in the war against Hamas

BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM: A Palestinian supporter has left online users stunned after he posted a disgusting video of himself releasing nests of spray-painted mice into a McDonald’s in the UK. At the same time, he screamed, “F—k Israel” in front of panicked customers.

The clip captioned “Enjoy your rat burgers” began with the man, who was wearing a Palestinian flag on his head, opening the trunk of his car, which displayed license plates reading “PAIISTN – Free Palestine.” According to LBC, the man then removed a box filled with mice painted red, green, and white, which he dumped onto the floor of the McDonald’s in Birmingham. 

The small rodents scuttled throughout the eatery amid screams by the shocked customers. “Free f—king Palestine!” he yelled as he walked back to his car. “Boycott Israel! F—k Israel!”

A McDonald’s stated after the incident 

A spokesperson for the chain told the outlet it confirmed the vile incident at the eatery.

“We are aware of an incident in our Birmingham Star City restaurant this evening where several mice were released by a member of the public,” the rep told LBC. “Following the removal of the mice, the restaurant has been fully sanitized, and our pest control partners have been called out to conduct a full inspection,” added the fast-food giant’s spokesperson.

McDonald's Israeli branch decided to donate free meals to the Israeli troops in the war against Hamas

This news comes to light after the company’s Israeli branch announced its decision to donate free meals to the Israeli troops in the war against Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reported.

“The action of throwing mice into a restaurant where customers are eating is extremely sickening. It causes distress to both the people present and also the mice themselves, and is both a cruel and dangerous thing to do,” Gary Mond, chairman of the National Jewish Assembly, told the Jerusalem Post.

“However, from a political perspective, it is totally futile. It will do nothing to bring any support to the ‘Free Palestine’ cause, which in any event is based on Jew-hatred as opposed to support for the Arabs who live in Gaza,” he added.

The animal rights group is “deeply distraught” to see the incident 

Animal rights group Viva! said it was “deeply distraught” about the use of the animals. 

“While freedom of speech is important, and while all of us are deeply distraught with what is happening in the Middle East right now — anyone who has seen any footage would be hard moved not to be heartbroken — using poor mice and rats and setting them free in a McDonald’s is not the way to make a political point,” rep Faye Lewis told the Daily Mail.

“The fact the video shows the mice being hurled at people is animal cruelty plain and simple. If the protester’s point is to object to suffering, then contributing towards further cruelty is poor execution,” Lewis said.

“It’s hard to see the scenes unfolding in the news for anybody with empathy, but inflicting fear and confusion to these sentient and empathic mice and rats and disgustedly, throwing them at people in the process, seems like a misguided way to object to suffering,” the spokesperson added.

Internet users react to the video

Internet users also reacted to the appalling video as one user pointed out, "Not only is this anti-semitic Jew hatred... it is also animal abuse!".

Another user asked, "Can anyone explain what McDonalds has to do with Israel and why painting mice with paint and throwing them into the restaurant means anything at all? Most people just look at this and think they want nothing to do with these 'protestors' or their cause."

One tweeted, "These poor animals. I mean the mice, how does this make a point of anything other than they have no respect for any creatures big or small", while another wrote, "Religion poisons everything."