In a series of posts on X – and later posted to Instagram by the restaurant – Fahad Ali, a geneticist with the University of Sydney and member of the Palestine Action Group who was not in the restaurant but who spoke to people who were there, said the man asked the staff member: “Do you have a problem with me because I’m Jewish?”.
She said ‘excuse me?’ The man continued: ‘you’re intimidating me, you’re making me feel unsafe’,” he wrote on X. Cairo Takeaway chef, Talaat Sehia, said via X that police had spoken with him and the waitress, who he said was left “distraught” after the incident.
Police were called to a popular Middle Eastern restaurant in Sydney’s inner west earlier this week after a confrontation involving the venue’s staff, a team from News Corp Australia and a man wearing a Star of David cap.
NSW Police said they opened an investigation after a staff member at Cairo Takeaway in Newtown alleged she had felt intimidated by a customer who entered the restaurant at about midday on Tuesday.
Staff member at Cairo Takeaway in Newtown alleged she felt intimidated by a customer who entered restaurant with Daily Telegraph crew waiting outside.
