Woman who performed Nazi salute at protest is unmasked as owner of two kosher cafés inside Jewish hospital

A pistillate who was caught astatine a pro-Palestine objection giving the Nazi salute and making anti-Jewish threats has been unmasked arsenic the proprietor of 2 kosher cafés wrong the Jewish General Hospital successful Montreal, Canada.

Mallie Mai Abdulhadi, 39, was shockingly caught connected camera giving the Sieg Heil salute towards pro-Israel counter-protesters astatine past Thursday's protestation astatine her alma mater Concordia University.

She attempted to shield her identity with a keffiyeh – a accepted Palestinian scarf – arsenic good arsenic a aesculapian disguise and sunglasses but was revealed arsenic she taunted the opposing group.

Abdulhadi warned them successful the video: 'Final Solution is coming your way. The Final Solution. Do you cognize what the Final Solution is? Do you cognize what the Final Solution is?'

Final Solution was the Nazi program for the deliberate and systematic wide execution of Jews during WWII – it took spot from 1941 to 1945 and saw the immense bulk of Jewish victims murdered.

Abdulhadi was swiftly identified connected societal media arsenic 1 of the owners of the Second Cup Café franchises successful 2 pavilions of the Jewish General Hospital – some cafés are certified kosher, according to the Jewish Community Council of Montreal.

The café's overseeing company, Second Cup Canada, confirmed that Abdulhadi 'was filmed making hateful remarks and gestures' and it has 'zero tolerance for hatred speech' connected Saturday.

In a statement, the institution explained: 'In coordination with the hospital, we've unopen down the franchisee's cafe and are terminating their franchise agreement.

'This franchisee's actions are not lone a breach of our franchise agreement, but they besides interruption the values of inclusion and assemblage we basal for astatine Second Cup.'

Parent institution Foodtastic said connected X Sunday it volition 'retain the café unit and proceed to wage them until the determination astatine the Jewish General Hospital reopens nether caller management.'

In a statement, the Jewish General Hospital said: 'We afloat enactment Second Cup's determination to instrumentality swift and decisive enactment successful this substance by shutting down the franchisee's cafes and terminating their lease agreement.'

Abdulhadi owned the Second Cup franchises since astir 2015. In the company's yearly study that year, she is pictured with Sabih Abdulhadi and Karen Diaz – the 3 were identified arsenic 'franchisees.'

A infirmary idiosyncratic told DailyMail.com that helium was amazed to larn astir Abdulhadi's actions astatine the protest: 'What she did astatine the protestation was conscionable anserine connected truthful galore levels.'

Another infirmary staffer said she stopped patronizing the café months agone erstwhile she noticed Abdulhadi's expressions of enactment for Palestine.

'This is an inclusive infirmary and she's entitled to her views but I felt similar I was entitled not to enactment her business.'

Amir Epstein, enforcement manager of Jewish civilian rights radical Tafsik, told DailyMail.com that Abdulhadi 'experienced thing she apt ne'er anticipated: accountability.'

'This is simply a wide lawsuit of idiosyncratic believing they tin openly telephone for genocide against the Jewish radical and execute Hitler salutes without facing backlash.

'Even much shocking is the information that she owned a kosher Second Cup astatine the Jewish hospital! How morally depraved and parasitic tin 1 be?'

Epstein isn't assured Abdulhadi volition look prosecution and said: 'The constabulary amusement small involvement successful enforcing the law. They tin larn a happening oregon 2 from Second Cup Canada, who instantly took enactment and terminated their declaration with Ms Abdulhadi.

'We anticipation the constabulary successful Montreal volition instrumentality this straightforward lawsuit and property charges against Mai Abdulhadi for her Nazi hatred transgression parade.'

In Canada, giving the Nazi salute is not a transgression discourtesy but whitethorn lend to a complaint of 'public incitement of hatred' oregon 'wilful promotion of hatred' – some offenses person the maximum punishment of 2 years successful prison.

Montreal constabulary spokesperson Véronique Dubuc told DailyMail.com connected Sunday determination was nary probe underway arsenic of Friday afternoon, but the hatred transgression portion encouraged witnesses and victims to travel guardant and record complaints.

Canadian politicians and advocates applauded the java store chain's effect but pushed for the constabulary to service justness connected this 'hate crime'. 

Idit Shamir, the Israeli Consul General successful Toronto, shared on X: 'Imagine chanting 'The Final Solution is coming' and throwing a Nazi salute astatine @Concordia — portion moving a café astatine Jewish General Hospital, a spot built by Holocaust survivors.  

' Hate code isn't conscionable vile—it's a threat. And it volition beryllium met with consequences.'

Senator Leo Housakos of Quebec commended Second Cup for taking a 'principled basal astatine hazard to their ain business' and said helium hopes 'everyone goes retired and buys their java astatine @SecondCupCanada tomorrow!'

Paul Hirschson, consul wide of Israel successful Montreal, posted connected X: 'All recognition to a large company. I'm going to marque a constituent of visiting much often. Thank you.'

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said on X that Abdulhadi's 'public hatred speech, inciting violence, and threatening decease to Jews successful 2024 connected the streets of Montreal requires a beardown and contiguous effect from instrumentality enforcement. Enough is enough!'

According to her LinkedIn profile, Abdulhadi graduated from Concordia University successful 2006 with a selling grade and went connected to walk much than a twelvemonth astatine Canada's Corus Entertainment earlier taking roles astatine 3 overseas companies – including a improvement consulting steadfast based successful Ramallah, Palestine.

She changed her now-deleted Facebook illustration photograph to coagulated achromatic connected Friday and wrote 'kulshi tamam' – an Arabic operation that astir translates to 'everything is great.'

Abdulhadi did not instantly respond to DailyMail.com.