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McDonald’s is acquiring its Israeli franchise from Alonyal Ltd, regaining control over 225 outlets in Israel, Israeli media reported on April 4. The move to pull out by Alonyal follows recent controversies, including boycotts and protests against McDonald’s from mainly Arab customers and those supporting the Palestinian cause in part sparked by Alonyal’s earlier announcement to donate free 4,000 meals a day to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) after the Hamas attack on October 7. Following that announcement by Omri, branches of McDonald’s in Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt faced vandalism, and demons…