Is there a way out of this Gordian knot?

Does anyone know what an app developer has to do in order to allow NON-auto-renewing subscription? It really bugs a lot of (Israeli) people who want to subscribe to various publications (The Economist, The New Yorker, etc...) which have fabulous iPad apps but are blocked by this totally silly Apple restriction (even if it is a result of a rather strict interpretation of Israeli law).

All app developers I talked to, point me back to Apple but surely there has to be a way for an app to create a non-renewing subscription...

Or is there?

Thanks!

Misha.