Pork War in Netanya
As reported by KosherToday and Ynet, the city council of Netanya, Israel, has banned the sale of pork, despite the likelihood that the law will be overturned by the High Court of Justice as against Israel’s equivelent of the Bill of Rights. Allegedly, 70 stores support 2,000 families with non-kosher products including pig products.
Fifty-percent of the city council are religious or traditional, although only 3 of 25 council members opposed the bill. Reports Ynet, “Up until now, the residents remained silent on the subject, but the opening of a new pork-selling supermarket in the city center [see photo] sparked protests by haredim, who chained themselves to the supermarket’s doors on Sunday.” [emphasis added]
Meanwhile, Netanya Mayor Miriam Fierberg is urging the Knesset to pass a bill to prohibit the sale of pork products in Israel.
(X-posted to The Jew & The Carrot.)
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—The Jew and the Carrot » Blog Archive » Pork War in Netanya · July 23rd, 2007 at 10:46 am
I posted about this on thisisbabylon.net.
Nothing but love for Ms. Fierberg — pork is still available in many places in Israel, and online, and pork consumption is not curtailed. This is simply not a human-rights issue.
—Y-Love · July 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm