After serving his guest the customary royal meal of freshly slaughtered lamb and sticky rice, Abdullah informed Friedman that if Israel weren't so insistent on defending its citizens from murder, he would introduce a peace plan he happened to have sitting in his desk already.

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The farmers' problems are intensified because the animals involved are bred as so-called light lamb, to be slaughtered and eaten young, which is popular on the Continent, but not in Britain.

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Highland Council said its fresh beef, lamb and pork was sourced, slaughtered and prepared in the Highlands.

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