Cafe owner 'breached 'human rights' kicking out Israelis

Exactly! This is not a way to protest.

Imagine if we had instead been reading about how an he had welcomed an Israeli into his cafe with extra hospitality... showing that he cares beyond all the hate and anger.

A little bit of kindness, caring and love is such a situation goes a very long way. In the end we all want to live peacefully and happily. We here in NZ can set the example.

I see this is a wasted opportunity that can now only fuel the issue more...

I wonder if Mevlana Cafe serves Americans given their, recent, history of understanding and tolerance towards Iraqis?

Would this cafe owner serve New Zealanders and Australians whose countrymen (ANZAC)fought in the Gallipoli war?

This is terrible, play areas for children in a cafe! They should be discouraged, not encouraged to take their rug rats into cafes. Do they double park outside the cafe for practice when the kids are ready for school as well? I will be not going to this cafe untill the play area is removed! But being from Akld, i dont think this going to have much of a impact:)

I think this is a strange situation. Firstly, he isn't from Palistine! He can't say it's an attach on Muslims and thats why he's defending it as there are attacks from many nations on Muslims all over the world and they get served! I would of agreed with him he said he didn't agree with the situation going on there and he was taking a stand. Why not? he stands to loose or gain business.

I am all for protesting when the circumstances are appropriate. However this just seems plain wrong to me. This was in Invercargill, New Zealand where a Mother had taken her children to a restuarant to eat. She is not to blame for the genocide, she lives in Invercargill and because of where she was brought up she is being turned away from a restuarant. This is racial discrimination and should not be tolerated by any New Zealander!! Do not encourage this.

I am completely shocked that so many people are, in effect, supporting Hamas. Check out point 7b of their charter:

"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim)."

This is the kind of people Israel are trying to defend themselves against.

SPOT ON!!!!

It's a protest, and the owner has a human right to do so under democractic, political, social, and economic rights. It is not a Human Rights issue because Israelis are not picked on as individuals, but because of a well known cause.

That's the consequence Israel or USA has to think of before unilaterally bombarding any nations and knowing the full risk to innocent civilians including women, elderly, and the children.

So there, don't take it out of context, and show your one sided blindness to Israelis atrocious action...

I did not realize that your "South" is as bad as some Southern states in the United States. Racism at its core. Nothing against Israeli's you say? Good Tui ad...