Let them eat cake
In an earlier post, I reported that Egypt's interim Prime Minister broke down in tears earlier this week over the state of his country's economy. Omri Ceren reports on a little known aspect of Egypt's economic woes.Despite facing an economic downturn of generational proportions, the Egyptian government even banned palm frond exports ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot this year. The fronds are ceremonially necessary during the holiday, and Israel used to import 700,000 per year from Egypt. Not in 2011.To hell with them. Let them eat cake.
Just in case there are any agricultural ties left, by the by, Minister of Agriculture Mohamed Reda Ismail wants you to know he’ll be eliminating them. During a recent public discussion on the potential harms of pesticides, he took a detour to assure Egyptians that “if I knew [of any] Israeli experts working in the agricultural field in Egypt, I will fire them immediately” (Arabic; Google Translate).
Israel is of course a global leader in agricultural innovation but – again – the Egyptian government has its priorities. Petulant anti-Israel campaigning first. Feeding Egyptians second.
Labels: Arab anti-Semitism, Egyptian economy, Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, Muslim anti-Semitism
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:28 PM
1 Comments:
They do not need to produce anything because the dhimmis of Europe and the US will provide them with cheap food and billions more dollars so they can keep the populace down.
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