Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent a letter in January 2019 to Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, State Attorney Shai Nitzan, and Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin, requesting that they cancel the declaration of za'atar (hyssop), akoub (gundelia) and sage – wild herbs used in traditional Palestinian cuisine – as protected natural species, and order the immediate suspension of criminal enforcement in this regard.