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by **halil** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:29 pm

Gulf News2010-10-10
Manama: Rocky politics or not, Israel is turning to Turkey to help it extract itself from the tomato crisis gripping the country. Prices of tomatoes, a dietary staple in Israel and around the Mediterranean Sea, have reached a record in the wake of the extreme heat wave over the summer, which killed buds and damaged crops. Relations between former allies Turkey and Israel have dramatically deteriorated following deep divergences over Gaza and the fatal raid by Israeli troops on a Turkish ship carrying aid to Palestinians in May. However, Tel Aviv is now turning to Turkey in bid to allay the tomato crisis. The imported tomatoes are expected to...

by **Talisker** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:33 pm

Headline news: Lovers' tiff resolved by shared need for tomatoes! :lol:

by **Linichka** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm

"However, Tel Aviv is now turning to Turkey in bid to allay the tomato crisis. The imported tomatoes are expected to..."

Should read: "However, Jerusalem is now turning...." Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, not Tel Aviv.

by **Oracle** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:47 pm

I thought Turkey was the hub of the aviation and nuclear industry?

Weapons of mass destruction? ... Tomatoes! :lol:

by **Get Real!** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:10 pm

Linichka wrote:"However, Tel Aviv is now turning to Turkey in bid to allay the tomato crisis. The imported tomatoes are expected to..."

Should read: "However, Jerusalem is now turning...." Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, not Tel Aviv.

Aren’t Turkish tomatoes non-kosher?

by **Linichka** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:02 pm

"Aren’t Turkish tomatoes non-kosher?"
Vegetables of any sort, from anywhere, usually are not, GR. However, I'd avoid Turkish ones were they obviously different, just on principle.