I do not want to set rivets and say that if the Ashkelon Municipality wishes to re-enact a bylaw on this subject, it will not be able to impose a total prohibition on the sale of pork within its jurisdictions, and it is possible that HedBar will, in light of the importance and strength of the mitzva of prohibiting the eating of pork meat as noted, meet the test of proportionality, despite the ruling in the Fifth Judgment in the Mitral case [16] mentioned above in connection with the import of non-kosher frozen meat, if this is done while weighing the possibility of a limited prohibition as opposed to a general prohibition, and the matter will be examined In today's perspective, according to the rule that interpretation must adapt itself to the changing conditions and the current reality, and not according to the situation that existed 40 years ago when the original bylaw was enacted. I prefer to leave the matter for consideration when it is relevant, but at this stage, when we are dealing with a bylaw that was enacted as aforesaid more than 40 years ago, when the conditions and trends have changed since then in a way that requires a new consideration, I do not believe that the correct interpretation in the spirit of the Basic Laws today can validate the general and sweeping prohibition of the sale of pig meat in all areas of the city of Ashkelon, as was established 40 years ago.
In accordance with the Attorney General's orders, the Ashkelon Municipality held a new hearing on this issue in accordance with the attached protocols and ultimately reached a decision not to make any changes to the bylaw, but all these hearings took place beginning in September 1996, while the appellants were brought to trial for violating the bylaw in January 1995, prior to the holding of those hearings, without which the interpretation of the bylaw in the spirit of the provisions of the Basic Law would lead. As stated, the conclusion that there is no reason to validate the provisions regarding a general prohibition of the sale of pig meat.