Burger chain owner Hash Tayeh claimed to be a victim of double standards and racism when he unleashed an angry rant against police, accusing them of downplaying the bombing of his home and “protecting” the perpetrator.
On Instagram and to the synagogue.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at Tayeh’s Melbourne home in the early hours of April 19, after the prominent pro-Palestinian activist led a demonstration demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Australia.
Tayeh wrote in Tuesday’s posts, which accompanied a video of himself speaking about the incident, that he believed it was “time to expose the blatant double standards and discrimination we are forced to live with.”
‘My heart breaks for the synagogue that was bombed and I want to help rebuild it. At the same time, I feel overwhelmed with disgust and anger. Where is the same indignation, the same solidarity, when my young family was almost murdered?’ he wrote.
‘Let’s tell the truth: the police know who put the firebomb in my house and yet they decide to cover it up. This is not negligence, it is complicity.
The Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea was set alight in the early hours of Friday, forcing worshipers to flee as the fire consumed most of the building and caused millions of dollars in damage.
Burger chain owner Hash Tayeh accused police of downplaying and failing to properly investigate the bombing of his home.
Tayeh said he agreed with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in calling this a “terrorist attack” and argued that the same classification should be extended to the firebombing of his home.
“The attack on me and my family was also a terrorist attack and I hope that you will condemn and demand action from this police force and demand answers and bring the perpetrator to court,” Mr Tayeh said.
He said that on the morning of the attack his family ‘“I woke up to a loud bang and a fire burning under my two-year-old son’s bedroom.”
After they were called, police cordoned off the area and classified it as a crime scene, Tayeh said.
‘He“I thought they were taking it seriously,” he told the camera.
However, Tayeh said that “what happened in the following hours was the most disgusting and despicable act of all,” stating that police issued a press release saying they were “investigating minor damage to a door and the bottle did not light.” “.
Tayeh said he was so outraged that he sent a reporter a video of the Molotov cocktail exploding on his doorstep and the house catching fire.
“I asked the journalist, ‘Does this look like the bottle hasn’t been lit?’ “Does it look like minor damage to a door?” Mr. Tayeh said.
The Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea was set alight in the early hours of Friday, forcing worshipers to flee as the fire consumed most of the building and caused millions of dollars in damage.
“It was at that moment that I knew that their investigation was going to be biased, that their reaction was going to be minimal and that they did not care about my interests or those of my family.”
Tayeh said that days later the police emailed his lawyer to tell him that “they have identified the perpetrators who were coming in a white van” and to ask if they could make the photos public.
“My question to the police is why did they never release that photo?” Tayeh asked in the video presentation while showing images of a white van.
‘We gave him permission to publish that photo. “We encourage you to find the perpetrators, arrest them and bring them to court why that photo was never published.”
The next email Tayeh’s lawyer received from the police was to say that the investigation had become a “cold case” because officers had “run out of leads.”
—How did you run out of clues when you had the van that the perpetrator entered? Mr. Tayeh asked.
‘Do you know who bombed my house and you’re protecting them?
“My family and I were victims of a terrorist attack and you did nothing to protect us.”
Tayeh said that as a result of the attack her family had to move house without any monetary or other help.
He also said police also offered no protection after the incident.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Victoria Police for comment.