The Good Rabbi's Blog

Now that the Israelis have pretty much realised that they lost this war in a big way, it's worth noting a major implication of the war. First, there was the boy band so aptfully pointed out by the disgracefully aging gentleman, and now this:

A patriotic Israeli pothead has launched a campaign to boycott Lebanese hashish, in a bid to starve Shia militia of funds raised from drug-smuggling. Dan Sieradski began the campaign on his blog, OrthodoxAnarchist.com. “A Persian-backed terrorist organisation is the primary supplier of hashish to the Israeli market today,” Mr Sieradski wrote, “and this is why, with a heavy heart, I am officially boycotting hashish, effective immediately.” Media reports have since spread news of his campaign.

Hash-smoking has boomed in Israel since the late 1990s. Police believe that most of the hashish enters the country via Lebanon. The inspiration for Mr Sieradski's campaign seems to have been a Jerusalem Post report in which a police captain, Avi ElGrisi, said that Hizbullah was “directly overseeing” the illegal drug’s export to Israel.

So now I ask you, what, in fact, is this world coming to?