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- WORLD, Page 79World NotesISRAELPigheaded Protest
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- Nonkosher butchers usually keep a low profile in Israel,
- supplying meats to Christians and nonobservant Jews. But last
- week about half a dozen butchers handed out free ham sandwiches
- in downtown Jerusalem, attracting dozens of amused takers while
- infuriating others.
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- The giveaway was designed to protest a proposed ban on the
- sale of pork by Jewish businesses. The pork law was one of four
- concessions the government made to the small ultra-Orthodox
- Agudat Israel party last week in return for a coalition
- agreement. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir also promised to impose
- further restrictions on abortion, curb public transportation on
- the Sabbath, and outlaw certain forms of advertising deemed
- obscene by religious leaders.
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