Knesset Speaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein has responded to the cutting of grapevines at Moshav Tomer in the Jordan Valley by saying, "It is sad to open the festival of the trees with destruction."
Writing on Twitter, Edelstein noted, "Last year I visited the neighboring vineyard in Moshav Tomer and here again needless destruction, in the same place, which stems from pure evil. Agricultural terror is terrorism in every respect. It is important today, of all days, to mention - there is nothing above blue and white produce! Hold your Tu BiShvat seder with Israeli agricultural produce. It's ours, and it's the tastiest!"