A letter from about 30 prominent rabbis' wives was causing a stir in Israel Wednesday because it urges Israeli girls not to date Arabs.
The open letter comes three weeks after the uproar caused by another letter, which was written by 50 state-appointed rabbis and told Jews not to rent or sell property to non-Jews.
The latest missive, which was published by some websites and news outlets, says Arab men act polite around Jewish girls and "act as if they really care about you," but it says that's a ruse. The men, it says, even change their Arab names to Hebrew forms like Yossi and Ami in order to get close to the girls.
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The letter was initiated by the head of Lehava, an extreme right-wing group that says it aims to prevent the "assimilation of the Jewish people" and works at "saving Jewish girls from Arab villages."
"It's known that girls who go out with Arabs are beaten, these girls are in danger. ... There is a violent social trend and everyone ignores it," said the head of the group, Anat Gopstein, in a radio interview Wednesday morning.
The head of Israel's Reform movement, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, harshly condemned the letter and said, "Israeli society is falling into a deep, dark pit of racism and xenophobia," according to spokeswoman Yuli Goren.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/12/29/israel.letter.arabs/index.html?hpt=T2
People really, really suck, regardless of race, creed or religion.
Y'know, the Holocaust was all about "preventing the assimilation of the Jewish people" as well....
Just sayin'.....
This kind of think was inevitable and is built directly into the structure of everything Israel is.
The Fourth Reich is springing up in the most unexpected place.
Not that it's terribly unexpected really.
Quote from: Nigel on December 30, 2010, 01:43:50 AM
This kind of think was inevitable and is built directly into the structure of everything Israel is.
Agreed. A "democratic" state defined on ethno-religious grounds is never going to stay that way for long. It always comes back to having a boot on some minority's necks.
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