Overview
- The complaint names owner Fathi Abdulrahim Harara and Native Grounds LLC as defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
- It alleges two incidents in June and October of 2024 where staff ordered Jewish customers wearing Star of David caps to leave after calling them Zionists and accusing them of genocide.
- The filing details the October 7, 2024 introduction of two drinks—“Iced In Tea Fada” and “Sweet Sinwar”—on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel.
- The lawsuit highlights inverted red triangles spray-painted on an exterior wall, a symbol historically associated with violence against Jews.
- Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said the Justice Department will seek injunctive relief to end the alleged discriminatory practices and protect civil rights.