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Jawdat Ibrahim

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Jawdat Ibrahim (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he) is an Israeli Arab millionaire who has established a fund that gives scholarships to both Arab and Jewish university students, and has hosted informal peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian National Authority leaders at his popular Abu Ghosh restaurant.[1][2] Ibrahim lived in Chicago for six years, but returned to Israel in 1992 after winning USD $17.5 million in the Illinois State Lottery.[2] He owns a restaurant in Israel. [3]

In 2010, Ibrahim funded a project to reclaim the Guinness World Record for the world's largest hummus from Lebanon in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh. The world record breaking hummus weighed 4,090 kg.[4] The new record was described by Israel's Army Radio as the Third Lebanon War.

References

  1. ^ Joseph Flesh, "Israeli Arab restaurateur is a true optimist", 19 April 2006
  2. ^ a b Deborah Sontag, "Abu Ghosh Journal; His Pot of Gold Gives a Sparkle to the Whole Town", New York Times, 16 June 1999
  3. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/11/how-did-8-chinese-tourists-end-up-paying-4390-at-an-israeli-hummus-joint/
  4. ^ "Israel takes hummus world record". Haaretz. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.