The prime minister, along with the chief rabbis of Israel, sells the nation’s hametz to Hussein Jabar of Abu Ghosh in a state ceremony ahead of the Passover holiday.
Acting as finance minister, Netanyahu sells the leavened foods for NIS 20,000 ($5,000).
In a statement, the prime minister says he “is always moved” by the annual ceremony.
“Tomorrow the entire Jewish people will sit and tell our sons and daughters, as we were commanded to do for thousands of years, and will remember that in every generation, they [nations] rise up against us to destroy us,” Netanyahu says, according to a statement.
Jaber Issa, the head of the Abu Ghosh municipality, wished a happy Passover to the Jews in Israel and abroad.
“We trust the prime minister and want to wish him luck, both in forming the next government, and in leading the State of Israel and people of Israel to peace, economic prosperity, and success in every area,” he says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (2L) and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau Jerusalem, during a ceremony to sell the hametz of the state of Israel to Arab Israelis before the upcoming Passover holiday. April 02, 2015. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO)
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