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Israel to import palm fronds from Gaza after Egypt raises prices
Gazans will be permitted to export lulavim that is a palm frond, one of the 4 species used during the festival of booths (aka tabernacles, sukkot) to Israel after Religious Services Minister Ya'acov Margi received special permission to do so from Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Margi was approached by importers of lulavim to intervene after suppliers in Egypt, Israel's main source, tripled their prices palms grow in Israel but are more expensive even than the Egyptian ones. Israeli importers told The Jerusalem Post that Egyptian suppliers in El-Arish and other locations who provide the bulk of lulavim formed a price cartel this year and demanded $1.50 per lulav, about three times the price demanded in previous years. the other 3 species are branches of the willow, myrtle and the fruit of a citron (aka etrog) tree- they all grow well in Israel Posted by: lord garth 2009-09-30 |
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