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| Anti-Arab group poses legal, political dilemma for Israel |
| 2014-12-29 |
| [Beirut Daily Star] A far right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence. Among their activities, Lehava activists yelling “Death to the Arabs” picketed the wedding in August of a Muslim man to a Jewish woman who converted to Islam. Now three members have been charged with an arson attack on a cross-faith school in Jerusalem last month. Communal tension has been rising after last summer’s Gaza war, in which more than 2,000 Palestinians died, and feuding over access to occupied Jerusalem’s holiest site. This has spilled over into Palestinian street attacks on Jews, including the killing of four rabbis and a Druze policeman at a synagogue. |
| Posted by:Fred |