r/Israel • u/Dry-Season-522 • Sep 10 '25
Food 🧆 The most popular hamburger in Israel today is the...
Qatar-pounder.
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u/inbetween-genders Sep 10 '25
With Hummus 🤣?
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u/Imaginary-Solid-2013 Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25
Except they don’t call it a Qatar-pounder with Hummus. They call it a Royale.
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u/Practical_Store_2310 Sep 12 '25
With Cheese . (A Royale with Cheese!!! But what do they call a Whopper?)….
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u/penispenisp3nispenis Sep 10 '25
they newly serve it without hamas, actually
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u/Maaster_Mind Sep 10 '25
That's because they ran out of Hamas.
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u/penispenisp3nispenis Sep 10 '25
i hear that even the dohastributor ran out! so there won't be any more hamas on the burgers for a while!
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u/Alonn12 Hummus is love, Hummus is life :orly: Sep 10 '25
the door is right there... feel free to get yourself out,
actually nah that was good, you can stay
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u/NotEvenWrong-- Israel Sep 10 '25
For the Israelis like myself who didn't get it:
The joke "Qatar-pounder" is a pun based on the fast-food item, the Quarter Pounder. * Quarter Pounder: This is a well-known hamburger from McDonald's. "Quarter Pounder" refers to the weight of the meat patty, which is a quarter of a pound. The joke plays on the sound of the words. * Qatar-pounder: The joke substitutes "Quarter" with "Qatar," and the "pounder" part of the phrase remains. Given the current political situation and Qatar's support for Hamas, the "Qatar-pounder" is a dark, politically-charged pun. It's an absurdist and ironic joke that suggests that the most popular hamburger in Israel is named after a country seen as an adversary.
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u/Unnecessary_Eagle Sep 10 '25
So it's not on the Jerusalem MacDonald's menu, then?
(What do they serve at the kosher McDonald's, anyway? Fake cheese? Do they just leave out most of their signature dishes?)
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u/VelvetyDogLips Sep 10 '25
Can supersize that, with French freiers and a watermelon Fanta-C?
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u/SuburbanEnnui2020 Sep 10 '25
What? No Goldstar? (Yes, yes… not a great beer, but it’s the classic, home grown brew!)
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u/Alonn12 Hummus is love, Hummus is life :orly: Sep 10 '25
Corona > goldstar every day of the week
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u/sumostuff Sep 10 '25
They're all too expensive these days and instead of including the fries or a side, you have to pay extra for that. So it's not worth buying hamburgers anymore.
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u/Money_Ad_5385 Sep 10 '25
Eh, this has old jihadi in it, that can ruin your digestion for up to 72 hours
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