Falafel Gets a Day in Court

Just like the Greeks did, when they sued French dairy farms (and won) for using the word "Feta" to describe the cheese they sold, Lebanon is gearing up its own litigation forces to sue Israeli companies over marketing Hummus, Falafel, and Babaghanouj as "Israeli products."

I have noticed, even at Arab owned grocery stores in the States, that packaging of above products claims them to be "Authentic Israeli" products. Although the Jewish cuisine is mainly based on corned beef, pastrami, and sauerkraut, they have managed to mass market Middle Eastern products in the US (the brand Sabra is an example). At the same time, Arabs were caught stuck with Zyad brands packaged in the hideous metal cans without an atom of flavor.