Customs agents at Ben-Gurion Airport are confiscating two of the four items used on Sukkot. Regulations of Israel’s Agriculture Ministry prohibit import of the etrog and lulav, used for ritual purposes during the holiday along with willow and myrtle-tree branches.
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