Three Israeli cities were ordered to lift their blanket bans on pork sales. The High Court of Justice on Monday ruled that Tiberias, Carmiel and Beit Shemesh should allow pork sales, pending a final decision on which of their neighborhoods are secular enough to allow for non-kosher butcher stores.
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