Thirteen Israeli lawmakers sent a letter to Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg asking that a non-kosher restaurant be opened in the Knesset building in addition to the kosher kitchen. “I have no objection to the kosher kitchen,” said Tommy Lapid, the leader of the secular Shinui Party. “It is time for a free choice.”
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