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| Founded | Jerusalem (1953) |
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| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 3 |
Area served | Jerusalem District, Israel |
| Website | caferimon.co.il |
Café Rimon (Hebrew : קפה רימון) is a kosher restaurant chain in Israel with two locations in Jerusalem, [1] and a third one located in Beit Shemesh. [2] The cafe employs both Jews and Arabs despite being the site of multiple terror attacks. [3]
Café Rimon opened its first location in 1953 near Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. Originally, Café Rimon was a meat restaurant. In 1983 it switched to dairy.
On 1 December 2001 at 23:30, [4] two suicide bombers positioned themselves at either side of Café Rimon and blew themselves up simultaneously, killing 10 and injuring 170. [5] Palestinian President Yasser Arafat immediately condemned the attack. [6] Additionally he called for an end to all suicide bombings and acts of terror against Israel. [7] The cafe is located in an area that is normally packed with young people on Saturday nights. [8]
In 2002 Jerusalem Police and Shin Bet arrested three East Jerusalem residents who were planning to poison Café Rimon patrons. Working with Hamas, they developed a poison that would be tasteless and would induce a heart attack approximately fifteen hours later. [9] The perpetrators were: Sufian Bakri Abadi, age 23, head of the group, Utman Said Kianyah, age 23, a chef at the restaurant for three years and Moussa Nasser, age 22, who helped design the poison. All three were sentenced to 5–10 years in prison. [10]
In 2007 Rimon Bistro was added to the Ben Yehuda location, serving as a meat restaurant. [11] This location later closed down. Also in 2007, a second dairy location opened in Jerusalem. [11] In 2014 another branch was opened in Beit Shemesh. [12]
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