( Dearborn ) Sam Zahr, is a Lebanese-American who lives in Dearborn and after successfully opening a franchise of Burgerim burgers a few miles away in Royal Oak, he decided to open up another in Dearborn. Problem is although in the US Burgerim burgers is a US company based out of California,( it started life in as a single restaurant in Israel, but the company was bought out by Oren Loni in 2011 and he relocated to the US in which to develop the brand) The usual suspects in Dearborn have decided that as the companies roots are Israeli, then it must be boycotted, sorry did I say boycott, I meant issue threats on Mr Zahr and his children The lead instigated behind all this Amer Zahr, -a University of Detroit law professor, activist who also lives in Dearborn, has been urging the community to boycott the business when it opens because it was founded in Israel on land he says was stolen from Palestinians. �We are not boycotting Jewish companies or Jews,� he said, �but boycott...
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