A street fair celebrating diversity and food trucks was canceled after a furor over their banning a food truck operated by Israeli immigrants.
That's kind of like banning a Chinese food truck because of the PRC's treatment of the Uighurs, or a Turkish one because of the treatment of the Kurds, or an Indian one for the treatment of the Muslims in India, or an Irish one for their status as a tax dodge, etc.
This is inexcusable, it is bigotry, pure and simple, and the BDS crowd in Philadelphia is really, really stupid.
To quote (not) Tallyrand, "This is worse than a crime, it is a mistake."
A decision to disinvite a food truck selling Israeli food from a Philadelphia food festival scheduled for Sunday drew public criticism and dismay that resulted in the cancellation of the event.
Moshava Philly, a mobile Israeli food business, was supposed to participate in Taste of Home, billed as an “event celebrating diversity through food, art, entertainment, community,” presented by nonprofits Eat Up the Borders and Sunflower Philly.
On Saturday, Moshava posted on Instagram that the organizers told the food truck not to come because of rumors of a protest because of the Israeli business’ presence and that they opted to “uninvite us for fear that the protesters would get aggressive and threaten their event.”
With ongoing backlash, Sunflower Philly, one of the North Fifth Street event sponsors, announced Sunday on social media that the entire fair was canceled.
“Due to the ongoing situation with one of our events partners @eatuptheborders and @moshava_philly we have decided to cancel the ‘Taste of Home’ event,” said the group Facebook post.
The only people who win here are the proprietors of Moshava Philly, who are going to do a land office business over the next few weeks.
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