{"id":110376,"date":"2009-10-25T04:29:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T09:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloggingbeirut.com\/archives\/1648-guid.html"},"modified":"2009-10-25T04:29:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T09:29:09","slug":"hummus-is-lebanese-not-israeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/110376","title":{"rendered":"Hummus is Lebanese not Israeli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a class=\"popfetcherimage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingbeirut.com\/uploads\/mobile\/hummus.JPG\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingbeirut.com\/uploads\/mobile\/hummus.serendipityThumb.JPG\" alt=\"Click for full size image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lebanese to Israel: Hands off our hummus!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer Zeina Karam, Associated Press Writer<br \/>\nSat\u00a0Oct\u00a024, 4:25\u00a0pm\u00a0ET <\/p>\n<p>BEIRUT \u0096 Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two<br \/>\ntons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held<br \/>\nby Israel \u0097 a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern<br \/>\ndip.<br \/>\n&#8220;Come and fight for your bite, you know you&#8217;re right!&#8221; was the slogan for<br \/>\nthe event \u0097 part of a simmering war over regional cuisine between Lebanon<br \/>\nand Israel, which have had tense political relations for decades.<br \/>\nLebanese businessmen accuse Israel of stealing a host of traditional Middle<br \/>\nEastern dishes, particularly hummus, and marketing them worldwide as<br \/>\nIsraeli.<br \/>\n&#8220;Lebanon is trying to win a battle against Israel by registering this new<br \/>\nGuinness World Record and telling the whole world that hummus is a Lebanese<br \/>\nproduct, its part of our traditions,&#8221; said Fady Jreissati, vice president of<br \/>\noperations at International Fairs and Promotions group, the event&#8217;s<br \/>\norganizer.<br \/>\nHummus \u0097 made from mashed chickpeas, sesame paste, olive oil, lemon juice,<br \/>\nsalt and garlic \u0097 has been eaten in the Middle East for centuries. Its exact<br \/>\norigin is unknown, though it&#8217;s generally seen as an Arab dish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingbeirut.com\/archives\/1648-Hummus-is-Lebanese-not-Israeli.html#extended\">Continue reading &#8220;Hummus is Lebanese not Israeli&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese to Israel: Hands off our hummus! By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer Zeina Karam, Associated Press Writer Sat\u00a0Oct\u00a024, 4:25\u00a0pm\u00a0ET BEIRUT \u0096 Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel \u0097 a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":840,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}