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NEWS
Shinui Continues Scheming Against Observant Public
by Eliezer Rauchberger
Acting Finance Committee Chairman MK Polishok-Bloch of Shinui
took advantage of her position as meeting chairman last week
to torpedo a bill to require food products be marked meat,
dairy or pareve.
She offered no clear reason for her opposition and
arbitrarily postponed the subsequent meeting on this issue
for six weeks.
Meanwhile, Ms. Bloch backed a bill that would require labels
to indicate whether the food product contains meat or dairy
ingredients, for the sake of consumers who adhere to a
strictly vegetarian or vegan diet.
MK Uri Ariel (HaIchud HaLeumi) objected to MK Bloch's
conduct. "The secular coercion Shinui is leading tramples
underfoot the desire of the vast majority of the Jewish
people to know whether a product is pareve, meat or
dairy," he said. MK Bloch held her ground, saying whoever was
unsatisfied with the way she was conducting the meeting
should leave, but MK Ariel continued his objections. "Sixty
to seventy percent of the public keeps kosher. MK Polishok's
approach of postponing the continuation of the meeting for
another six weeks harms the majority of consumers. This is
coercion by a minority over the majority and stems solely
from hatred."
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