Beit-She’an, Israel – The Volcani Center for Agricultural Research, which belongs to the Agriculture Ministry, has been forced to change the moniker of a type of wheat named after Pope Benedict XVI because religious farmers refused to grow it.
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The name was officially changed to Binyamin, after which the farmers, whose fields are located near Beit-She’an, agreed to purchase and plant the seeds.
Dr. Uri Kushnir, of the Department of Plant Sciences at the Volcani Center, developed the strain of wheat, which is a hybrid of two different Israeli-grown strains.
At the request of Shimon Peres, the Volcani Center was urged to speed up development in order to present it to the pope during his visit to Israel in 2009.
Bravo!
Standing up for Kedushas HaAretz. !
In other news, the Pope has announced that he will be eat Jaffa oranges only if their name is changed to a “J” name more in keeping with his faith.
Seriously, though, why is it that wheat developed by a yid in eretz yisroel was named after the pope?
How insulting and how meaningless and trite can we become?
So they also shouldn’t eat tilapia fish either as it’s also known as St. Peter’s fish.
This indicates why israel has so many problems. Leaders like Shimon Peres has no Jewish pride. This is digusting.