The Joint Distribution Committee is planning to fly matzos made in France to Egypt because a ship’s captain refused to take Israeli-made matzos there. The JDC reported that the captain of the ship, “Padami,” unloaded the matzos in Cyprus because the cartons had Israeli markings on them. He said that be could not take them to Alexandria because the stamp on the bill of lading does not allow merchandise from Israel to be brought to Egypt.
The matzos that were left in Cyprus will now be shipped either to Israel or Rumania, or if a ship is not found to get them there before Passover, back to Israel, the JDC said. “Peace may be signed Monday afternoon in Washington, but efforts to bring Israeli matzos to Egypt, hopefully, was the last victim of the state of war between Israel and Egypt,” a JDC spokesman said.
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