Olive Tree Restaurant Owner Bans Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Over Gaza Comments

Anaheim's Little Arabia is heating up! As the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza continues, Olive Tree restaurant co-owner Alan Abdo is upset with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. The lawmaker sat down with KNBC-TV Channel Four's Conan Nolan for an interview that touched on the issue. "If what it takes is boots on the ground, that might be the last recourse that the Israelis have," Sanchez said.

Abdo--who runs perhaps the best Middle Eastern restaurant in Southern California--didn't take kindly to those remarks calling them "disgusting" in a YouTube video.

Read more (and watch the video!) on my latest OC Weekly Stick a Fork In It Blog post:

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2014/07/olive_tree_loretta_sanchez.php