The mass protests in Israel over the high cost of living several summers ago were triggered by the high price of cottage cheese, but on Tuesday, it was announced that, protests or otherwise, cottage cheese – and all other dairy products – were going up in price.

Going up by an average of 3.5%, that is – and in this case, Israelis “got off easy,” said Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, considering that the Treasury committee that handles such things was ready to approve an increase of 6.3%. The increase was necessary, said milk producers, because of the high cost of feed and other rising production costs.