| Submit your comments on this article | |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- | |
| Lebanon escalates hummus war with Israel | |
| 2010-05-10 | |
| |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #4 rights to bread Egyptian ears just perked up. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-10 11:54 |
| #3 Did someone say "hummus" ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-05-10 11:01 |
| #2 "Begun, the hummus war has." "In October 2008 the Association of Lebanese Industrialists petitioned to the Lebanese ministry of Economy to request protected status from the European Commission for hummus as a uniquely Lebanese food, similar to the Protected Geographical Status rights held over regional food items by various European Union countries. "Fadi Abboud (president of the Lebanese Industrialists Association), stated that "Israelis have usurped several Lebanese and oriental products". "As a response, food critic Janna Gur wrote: "The success of certain brands of Israeli hummus abroad may have been what brought about Abboud's anger", leading him to claim that Israel has been "stealing" their country's national dishes, like hummus, falafel, tabbouleh and baba ghanouj. "In response, Shooky Galili, an Israeli journalist specializing in food who writes a blog dedicated to hummus), said that "trying to make a copyright claim over hummus is like claiming for the rights to bread or wine. Hummus is a centuries old Arab dish—nobody owns it, it belongs to the region." You have to admit, the various names do have a sort of 'Star Wars' sound to them. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-10 10:04 |
| #1 Uh, uh, D *** NG IT, does this mean we're NOT talking about EUCALYPTUS TREES??? Gut nuthin. * ION TOPIX > HEZBOLLAH: ISRAEL WILL NOT ENDURE NEW WAR. and * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > PAKISTAN MILITANT GROUPS OUT IN THE OPEN [includng GOVT-BANNED GROUP(S) e.g. LeT whom repor is simply proseltyzing + oper in the field SAMEO SAMEO but under the Banner or Label of another Group, NOT ITS OWN]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-10 02:56 |