Posted on 05/10/2006 9:06:48 AM PDT by Alouette
Moshe Sharoni (Pensioners party) suggests abolishing kashrut on food products to make them more affordable
During Knesset session on Monday regarding the price increase of bread, MK Moshe Sharoni of the Pensioners party suggested a unique idea – to totally abolish kashrut on food products in order to make them more affordable, according to Israel’s leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
"Everyone here talks about the increase of bread prices," he said, "and everyone screams 'gevalt'. They also talked about meat. Why don't we simply cancel the kashrut of meat and diary products and in-turn they will be inexpensive? Food products will cost significantly less. No one talks about that."
Sharoni's words, naturally, spurred controversy in the plenum. "Aren't you ashamed?" yelled at him chairman of the National Union-NRP party MK Zevulun Orlev. "You should be ashamed. Are you a Jewish Knesset member?"
Sources at the Pensioners party were not quick to identify with their party member's views: "Remarks like these will only hurt us. The remarks don't represent our party," one source said.
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This sounds like the Pensioners Party is just the old Shinui.
Shouldn't every food in Israel be Kosher anyway?
Ok.. good link, was wondering the same myself. Article makes more sense when you know what everything is, heh.
The only other "people" who complain about being "forced" to buy kosher products are the retards at Stormfront.
Let me guess...that's not gonna happen, is it?
So true - I've seen pamphlets alleging that the kosher certification marks on canned goods are part of a conspiracy by guess who?
Then they can be fat and lazy full of junk food just like Americans............wait a minute.......some Americans, not me of course........
What an idiot. Way to draw the wrath of Hashem, ;)
This guy is so stupid he doesn't even realize that half the consumers in Israel will avoid purchasing products that are not kosher, thereby causing the price to INCREASE.
Companies in the U.S. go out of their way to obtain kashrut certification for their products in order to increase their customer base.
But in Israel, you're dealing with ferocious atheists who are also socialists, who don't understand the basic principles of economics.
What an idiot, period.
Just when I think I've seen and heard it all........
Between this and antics of Olmert and his cohorts in planning to give away even more of the Land and even part of Jerusalem to the Amalekstinains............
What the heck do they put in their weed over there?!!?!?!?!?!? Whatever it is, someone tell them to quit smoking it!
Rush was talking about liberal / socialist "Jews" (JINO) earlier today. The same people who feeling guilty for the Palestinians. We have people like this in the US Congress and in Hollywood, who hate themselves and want to canibalize their own existance. Unfortunatly there are way too many here on this planet ruining the world for the rest of us. Guess they are the same people who worship the golden calf.
Isn't the vast majority of food sold in this country (USA) kosher?
You gotta wonder why the "Stormfronters" and their ilk are so afraid of kosher food. Do they think it's fluoridated or something?
For non meat products I doubt it's that much. A few food producers attempted to calculate the cost when the "Kosher Tax" nonsense was being floated, and they found they couldn't. Among those that could, General Mills-1/20,000 cent per package, General Foods' "Bird's Eye" Unit--6.5 millionths (.0000065) of a cent per item
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Kosher certification probably makes products slightly cheaper when you net out all the factors.
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