A woman has been the subject of ridicule after posting a video on TikTok of her attacking a New Jersey gyro shop and tearing off a banner while shouting “Liberate Palestine” before realizing the flag was for Greece, not Israel. are.
The TikToker, known as “Ambamelia” on the platform, racked up 4 million views on the incredible clip posted on Tuesday.
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“What happened when I took down the restaurant flag because I mistook the Greek flag for the Israeli flag,” she captioned the video, which showed her angrily approaching the restaurant. identified by new york post As Gyro of Montclair's Effie.
“Look at this shit,” she yelled as she pulled down a blue-and-white flag banner hanging outside the store.
“Free Palestine, bitch! What are you looking at?” she yelled at the confused workers as she watched the meltdown from the window.
“You know there is a genocide going on,” Ambamelia added. “We will not support Zionism in Montclair!”
Eventually, two Efi employees came outside and calmly told the irate woman that the flag was the Greek flag.
“What? Really? Oh, I thought it was Israel, my bad,” the TikToker replied. “Oh my god…it looked like Israel.”
She offered to return the flag before the video ended.
Effi Mihalis, who opened the shop in 2021, said: post The incident is said to have happened in March.
“It wasn't a skit like some people believe,” she said. “This wasn't planned, it wasn't calculated at all.”
“The young woman destroyed my property,” Mihalis continued, adding that employees were “surprised” when the incident occurred.
It's unclear why Ambelia decided to post the clip months later, but she was not spared in the comments section of her video.
One TikTok user replied: “The flag looks completely different.”
“I think this is the first time I've experienced second-hand embarrassment,” said another.
“As a Greek I have no words,” a third commenter wrote.
Another asked, “How are you going to fight for Palestine if you don't know what the Israeli flag looks like??”
