Why does the Israeli government hate freedom?

From the Israeli paper Haaretz (h/t miaculpa):

Mattel toys in Israel have no lead paint
By Ronny Linder-Ganz:

Israeli parents who are worried that they may have possibly bought dangerous toys containing lead paint can relax: Tests conducted by the Israel Standards Institute on Mattel toys taken from store shelves show that all of the products meet the safety standards.

U.S. toymaker Mattel ordered a recall in the last week of its Polly Pocket and Barbie dolls and sets and those of Tanner (Barbie's dog) and other items made in China due to the use of lead paint and tiny magnets that could be swallowed by children.

Less than two weeks ago, Mattel was also forced to recall other Chinese-made toys such as Dora the Explorer and Big Bird and Elmo dolls over concerns about lead paint used on the toys.

The test results here were announced yesterday by the Industry and Trade Ministry, which said none of the products tested contained lead paint.

Standards Institute inspectors said suspect items were removed from store shelves immediately after Mattel's announcement of the recall.

The ministry emphasized yesterday that while in the U.S. and Europe, toy imports are allowed entry into the country on the basis of the manufacturer's claims, but here in Israel the Standards Institute tests samples of all imported toys.

They're blissfully ignorant in the Holy Land, apparently, of the finest wisdom of our University of Chicago economists: "I don't think the Medici [Cafe] would stay in business very long if they took to poisoning their customers."

[UPDATE: Just to clarify. At least one reader misses the irony. Perhaps it's my fault. What I mean is: the right idiotically claims that the only way to honor freedom is to destroy all regulation, even if it kills people. I'm ironically channelling what an over-the-top E. coli conservative would say: if you're for regulating the level of lead in children's toys, you "hate freedom."]

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