No More Little Piggies Going to Market

July 18, 2007 - 10:15 AM by Liza

A storm is brewing in the city of Netanya after a law was passed by the city council yesterday forbidding the sale of pork products in the city. With 12 members of the council voting in favor of the law and three voting against, those opposing the law have indicated that they will take the case to the high court in order to have the new law invalidated, claiming that it changes the status quo in the city.

Babe Netanya is home to approximately 70 non-kosher food shops and more than 60,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union, not to mention many other individuals who patronize these shops, and the leaders in the struggle against the new law have promised that, come election time, these people will not cast their votes in favor of any candidate or party who supported banning the sale of pork products in the city.

One can’t help but wonder how this will affect shops in Netanya’s Poleg Industrial Zone, including Tiv Taam‘s flagship store (recently in the news when Russian-Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak announced plans to make the chain Kosher after buying a controlling share, a deal that was later cancelled), which carries a wide selection of such products, as well as other smaller shops and local restaurants.

As of press time, there has been no response from any of the pigs whose lives might be affected by the new law…

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