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ISRAELBRIEFS Israel to Ban Most Sales of Animal Furs
ISRAELI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Minister Gila Gamliel said the country will ban the
buying and selling of furs, JTA reported, citing a BBC
report. Gamliel called the use of animal skin and fur as
clothing immoral.

Israel would become the first country to ban the
sale of all furs, although São Paulo, Brazil, and a few
cities in the United States also ban furs.

Exceptions would be allowed for “scientific
research, education or for instruction and for religious
purposes or tradition” — likely allowing haredi
Orthodox men to still buy shtreimels, the fur hats
traditionally worn on Shabbat and holidays.

Fur bans have been under consideration by Israeli
lawmakers for more than a decade.

The announcement drew praise from Israeli
animal rights groups.

“The minister’s important decision will save
countless animals,” the group Animals Now said in a
statement, according to The Jerusalem Post.

races — for the first time ever on Oct. 10, JTA reported.

Alex Dowsett won Stage 8 for Team Israel Start-Up
Nation; the team was founded in 2015 and joined the
professional cycling’s highest level in 2019.

The Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the
Vuelta a Espana comprise cycling’s three prestigious
Grand Tour races.

Dowsett cried after winning the stage.

“All the excitement demonstrates that our project
has significance beyond sport, it’s showing the true
heart of Israel to hundreds of millions of fans around
the world. I could not be more proud,” team co-owner
Sylvan Adams said in a statement.

Four-Month Plan to Exit Coronavirus Lockdown
Suggested by Israel’s Health Ministry
Israel’s health ministry is recommending to govern-
ment officials a four-month plan to exit the current
COVID-19 lockdown, JTA reported.

The exit strategy will involve nine stages that might
last into February, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

Each stage would be triggered by a specific drop in
the daily number of infections.

Israel’s second nationwide lockdown began in
Israeli Cycling Team Wins First-Ever Stage
mid-September after a sharp spike in new cases that
at Major European Event
An Israeli professional cycling team won a stage of the many are calling the world’s worst second wave of
Giro d’Italia — one of the three major international infections.

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The first stage, which would begin in a week,
wouldn’t progress until there were less than 2,000
daily infections. Preschools and kindergartens would
be allowed to reopen, the under-a-mile limit that
people can travel from their homes would end, family
visits would be allowed and Ben Gurion Airport
would reopen.

The second stage would be triggered when there
are less than 1,000 daily infections.

Battle Plans Being Formulated Against
Formosa Subterranean Termites
Petah Tikva municipality and several government
agencies met recently to discuss plans for combating
the arrival of highly destructive Formosa subterra-
nean termites, Globes reported.

A colony of the termites, which are native to
southern China and Taiwan, was found in Petah
Tikva, where several buildings are infested.

“The entry of all types of invasive insects to Israel
will increase in frequency in the coming years as
the climate crisis becomes more severe and trade
increases,” Israeli Environmental Protection Minister
Gila Gamliel said.

More than 200 monitoring points were established
around the area. l
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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