The pig is a much-reviled creature in the Holy Land. It especially provokes shudders of horror and disgust among ultra-orthodox Jews. In the new rightwing cabinet, the black-frocked Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman finds the name “Swine Flu” so revolting that he wants the epidemic re-named the “Mexican Flu”.Would it be a surprise if I were to tell you that Litzman is from the United Torah Judaism party?Ok, so pigs are very un-Kosher and unclean. But isn't this a bit unfair to the Mexicans? It was a pig's fault that the flu is now spreading around the world, not a Mexican's. So why should the Mexicans take the rap? After all, they're the flu's victims, not its cause.Israel had one scare about the Swine, sorry Mexican, flu. An Israeli tourst returning from Mexico came down with a fever and a bad cough –the symptoms for the flu—and they hospitalized him immediately. He was cleared. But with so many flights between the U.S. and Israel daily, Litzman isn't taking any chances. He says the Israeli government is upping its stocks of Tamiflu so that 25% of the population will be covered. That is if Tamiflu works against the epidemic.As for Litzman, you'd think that he would stick to “Swine” flu. It's one more reason to stay away from pigs