For the first time in years the Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem has enforced a law against public displays of leavened bread during Passover at the Old City’s gates.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper said that the law permits the Israeli municipality to ban the sale of bagels during Passover.
However the law has not been enforced in most of the Old City in years.
According to the paper municipal inspectors arrived Wednesday morning in the Old City and confiscated the wares of a bagel vendor at the site and prevented others from selling their goods.
Most of the vendors either moved elsewhere or simply stopped selling. However Zaki Sabah a longtime bagel vendor refused to either leave or close so his wares were confiscated.
“They didn’t listen to me” Sabah said. “The inspector told me it’s Passover and I have to close.”
