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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 8, 2023 : A Palestinian restaurant in the British capital has been receiving threatening calls for a month, but its owner vows to resist and “keep the Palestinian culture alive.” “I’ll come over and take away your life … Israel forever,” said only one of the dozens of threatening calls that the restaurant has received daily amid the ongoing onslaught of Israeli attacks on the besieged Palestinian enclave Gaza. The flood of calls has sometimes forced the London business to unplug its phone. Located on Marylebone Road, customers walking into the restaurant are welcomed with a wall-length banner of a waving Palestinian flag, along with other cultural images and objects that line the establishment, including embroidery and the national colors of black, white, and green. It also features portraits of celebrities who have voiced support for Palestine, including US actress Angelina Jolie, Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef, and model Bella Hadid, as well as Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli troops last year. “I just want people to feel they are in a Palestinian restaurant in Palestine,” Haleem Kherellah, owner of the restaurant, told Anadolu. Kherellah said he also wanted people to feel like they were coming to “my parent's kitchen, a home.” In an exclusive interview to Anadolu inside the restaurant, he said they still received death threats via dozens of calls which have “gone crazy,” in the last 10 days. “They are threatening to come and kill the staff, to come and beat them up. ‘We are coming to you,’” said Kherellah, adding that even before the current surge, they were receiving threatening calls on a regular basis. (Footage by Muhammed Yaylalı/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)