Lulavim being held hostage
Message to Mubarak: Palm branch or no olive branch.
Newsday :
Sukkot celebrants face palm shortage.
..with three weeks left before the big day, the Israeli government and American Jews are worried an Egyptian ban on exporting the branches may leave many synagogues bereft of the lulav's key ingredient.
Egyptian agricultural officials instituted the prohibition after last year's record demand led to overharvesting that harmed the trees, the Jerusalem Post reported...
This week, ( congressman Gary) Ackerman came to the rescue with a full-court press on anyone who might be able to do what the Israeli Foreign Ministry so far couldn't: persuade the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture to rescind the ban...
Refer the case to the U.N.! Whose palms are getting greesed now?
Newsday :
Sukkot celebrants face palm shortage.
..with three weeks left before the big day, the Israeli government and American Jews are worried an Egyptian ban on exporting the branches may leave many synagogues bereft of the lulav's key ingredient.
Egyptian agricultural officials instituted the prohibition after last year's record demand led to overharvesting that harmed the trees, the Jerusalem Post reported...
This week, ( congressman Gary) Ackerman came to the rescue with a full-court press on anyone who might be able to do what the Israeli Foreign Ministry so far couldn't: persuade the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture to rescind the ban...
Refer the case to the U.N.! Whose palms are getting greesed now?
posted by Yeshiva Orthodoxy
at 2:37 AM
2 Comments:
At least Ackerman is attempting diplomacy to rectify the situation.
I could think of other jewish politicians who would do stupid things like make headlines staging a protest in front of the Egyptian embassy....
Good point. Ackerman is a good public servant.
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