Burger King to Pay $128,000 to Israeli Soldiers After “Kosher” Cheeseburger Lawsuit

Burger King mislabeled cheeseburgers as kosher. Now they're paying $128K in free meals to IDF soldiers.

🍔 What Happened?

Burger King Israel was sued after a customer bit into what was labeled a "kosher" cheeseburger—only to find out it wasn’t kosher at all. The restaurant had lost its kosher certification a year earlier but kept the giant sign up.

🧀 That’s a big no-no in Jewish dietary law. Mixing meat and cheese? Torah says: absolutely not.

⚖️ What the Court Decided

The lawsuit ended in a settlement:

• Burger King has to pay NIS 480,000 (~$128,000 USD)
• But not to the public. Instead?
• 8,727 free meal vouchers are being given to IDF combat soldiers.

Yep. Soldiers. Not the misled customers.

🇵🇸 Why This Is Bigger Than Burgers

Palestinians in Gaza are starving. Food, fuel, and medicine are blockaded.
Meanwhile, Burger King is handing out meal deals to soldiers enforcing that blockade.

This isn't just corporate cleanup. It's complicity.

“Burger King took full responsibility... and donated meals to IDF combat units,” said the plaintiff’s legal team.
Translation: They flipped a food scandal into a PR gift for the military.

😡 The Double Standard

🍔 Customer eats cheese → lawsuit
🪖 Soldiers enforcing apartheid → free meals
🇵🇸 Palestinians → no food, no justice, no relief

📢 What You Can Do

✅ Boycott Burger King
✅ Support Palestinian food relief
✅ Use Boycat.io to shop ethical, military-free brands
✅ Share this story—fast food should not fund occupation