PHILADELPHIA FOLLOW-UP: Huda Burger Owner Says Boycott Campaign Is "Very Sickening"

Philadelphia restaurant owner Yehuda Sichel spoke out Sunday against a planned boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses, describing the campaign as very sickening.

Sichel, the owner of Huda Burger, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend to discuss the boycott and its effect on Jewish business owners. Fox described the action as a planned anti-Israel boycott ride in Philadelphia.

The interview came on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the November 1938 attacks on Jews, their businesses and synagogues in Nazi Germany. Sichel, a grandson of Holocaust survivors, expressed shock at the targeting of Jewish-owned businesses.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Sen. John Fetterman have condemned the campaign, according to Fox. This is a follow-up on Sichel's reaction, not a new announcement of the boycott.

Later Sunday, tensions flared at Rittenhouse Square as demonstrators gathered for the boycott ride and counterprotesters supported the Jewish-owned businesses. NBC10 reported confrontations and a line of police officers separating the groups. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported a scuffle and hundreds of customers lining up outside Huda.

Video posted at noon by independent journalist Oliya Scootercaster showed the gathering and reported an arrest and an injured man. Police had not confirmed those details in the reporting reviewed for this update.