A pro-Palestinian protester is going viral after sharing a video of himself letting countless spray-painted mice loose inside a McDonald's in the United Kingdom.
Set to the tune of Arabic music, the man can be seen walking past children into the English McDonald's and hurling the rodents, spray-painted the colors of the Palestinian flag, out of a box and into the packed restaurant, according to footage posted to X.
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"Free Palestine!" the masked man screams. "Free f***ing Palestine!"
Two woman scream as they dodge the flying mice.
In Birmingham, a Palestinian "activist" - psychopath released dozens of mice painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag into McDonald's restaurant.
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At the same time, this vandal shouted: “Freedom for Palestine.” pic.twitter.com/u2j7TFDxji
A spokesperson for McDonald's confirmed the incident.
"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," according to the spokesperson.
The protester's actions have received wide condemnation.
"The action of throwing mice into a restaurant where customers are eating is extremely sickening," Gary Mond, chairman of the National Jewish Assembly, told the Jerusalem Post, according to a report. "It causes distress to both the people present and also the mice themselves, and is both a cruel and dangerous thing to do."
"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."
Animal rights organization Viva! also criticized the protester's actions.
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"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," Faye Lewis, a representative for the organization, said.
"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."