Israeli Yesh supermarkets have started selling Chinese corn and peas. The imported produce costs much less than the cheapest Israeli produce.
In every country, agriculture is an economically inefficient occupation, and Israel is no exception. Farms receive free land and almost free water, yet they cannot compete with foreign producers with access to low-cost Chinese or Palestinian labor.
Instead of raising import duties to the detriment of consumers, as the Israeli agricultural lobby demands, the state should reduce its massive donations to farmers.
Obadiah,
There is a theory that working on the land creates the true attachment to the land. That without that, people will lose their country.