Close the Café in 1967:-
The closing of the café doors was a sign of the protest strike, after the 1967 war, in which several decisions of the national and trade union movement taken. Four days after the declaration of war and the demonstration that
entered from Bab Al-Amoud and the right of armed clash lasted more than five hours can change the course of events. After that, Khalil Za’tara deported to Jordan two years, and closed the Café doors about the Zionist entity for ten days, hoping for an intelligence officer. The people of the city negatively affected by these events, which followed the death of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970 and the outbreak of the October 1973 war.
The report on”Za’tara coffee” came in 1979 through newspapers and in bold: “Believe it or not, the 1967 War The Café’s halls, which accommodate a large number of people, were a place for meetings of candidates for the Jordanian parliament elections, when the West Bank was part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at the time.
It is used currently as a shoe Shop.