Overview

• Vaknin reports receiving daily anonymous messages that include photos of his children and threats, with one screenshot referencing killing Palestinian children.
• The pressure intensified after a Sept. 4 Instagram post by Vegans for Palestine urging a boycott tied to his past IDF service, which activists and influencers then amplified.
• Vandals defaced a Beyond Sushi location on West 37th Street with “Free Gaza” graffiti, according to Vaknin.
• Influencer Sabrina Dahlmann has circulated claims that he used Arab slurs, which Vaknin denies, and activists have dismissed his public statement.
• Vaknin says the campaign is hurting his livelihood and roughly 200 employees, and no arrests or official actions have been reported.