anti-miscegenation

A soldier shows his support as Michael Ben Ari, leader of Otzma Yehudit nationalist party is accompanied by Benzi Gopstein, head of the anti-miscegenation group Lehava, to walk in Jerusalem's Mahane Yeיuda market during an election campaign, January 16, 2015. Otzma Yehudit, meaning "Jewish strength," which failed to make the Knesset at the last elections, advocates for transferring Palestinians out of Israel and the West Bank.

Israel’s ethnic purity police presents: Anti-assimilation for men

In its ongoing efforts to save every Jewish soul, anti-assimilation group Yad L’Achim has broadened its offerings and is now extending its marriage-wrecking service to Jewish men in relationships with non-Jewish women. Israeli anti-miscegenation group Yad L’Achim took a step towards equality last week when it announced via its website that it had rolled out…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland February 15, 2016

Illustrative photo of children in a library. (photo: Shutterstock.com)

The uncomfortable context of Israel’s book ban

The decision to prevent high schools from teaching a Jewish-Palestinian love story might sound like an innocent attempt at promoting Jewish continuity. In fact, it’s the sound of Israel’s extreme right going mainstream. Israel’s Education Ministry announced Wednesday that it would ban Israeli high schools from teaching a novel about a love affair between a…

By Edo Konrad December 31, 2015

Women at the protest against 'rape culture' in Tel Aviv. Written on the women's bodies, from left to right, is "for raping" and "We won't turn our backs," March 29, 2014, Tel Aviv. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

How does Israel’s media fight sexual harassment? With racism

An Israeli news site runs a piece about Palestinian men sexually assaulting Israeli women at the beach, begging the question: why is this particular story newsworthy when stories about Jewish men assaulting Jewish women rarely are? Israeli news site Walla! ran an article [Hebrew] on Friday with the following headline: “Palestinians who come to Tel Aviv’s…

By Edo Konrad July 4, 2015

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IDF soldier shooting live bullets at demonstrators in Nabi Saleh, November 2, 2012 [illustrative] (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Far-right group to IDF soldiers: If you feel threatened, shoot Arab in head

Lehava, the right-wing, anti-miscegenation group whose main activity is to incite against Arabs as a way of dissuading Jewish Israeli girls from dating them, has taken its incitement beyond intermarriage and into the realm of security. A new poster on its Facebook page encourages Israeli soldiers to act trigger happy when it comes to Palestinian protestors. It…

By Mairav Zonszein November 9, 2014

Palestinian women argue with an Israeli soldiers, after a Palestinian youth was shot with live ammunition and was taken by the army, during the weekly protest against the occupation, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 15, 2014. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Photos of the week: Ceasefire begins and ends

This week: Palestinian and Israeli protests across the political, ethnic and religious spectrum; homes and property damaged and destroyed in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel; aid for those suffering; and a wedding under protest. Related: Wedding crashers: Do anti-miscegenation protesters hate or love Judaism? 10,000 protest in Tel Aviv for a just peace, end…

By Activestills August 22, 2014

Mahmoud Mansour celebrates in Jaffa before heading to out to his wedding reception. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Wedding crashers: Do anti-miscegenation protesters hate or love Judaism?

With chants of “Death to Arabs” and “Mohammed is dead” in the background, the 30-something couple spoke earnestly, their faces worried. “As far as I’m concerned,” said the woman, an economist who didn’t want to be named, “I came to a funeral. The father is in mourning. I’m here to support the family in their…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 18, 2014

Wedding procession at Ma'asara before the arrests (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Court to allow anti-Arab protest outside Jewish-Palestinian wedding

A Palestinian citizen of Israel and his fiance, a Jewish Israeli who converted to Islam, have turned to the courts to try and prevent a protest planned at their wedding Sunday night, Haaretz reported. As I reported here Thursday, the anti-miscegenation, anti-Arab group Lehava publicized the couple’s wedding invitation on social media in full with date and…

By Mairav Zonszein August 17, 2014

An Israeli Wedding (illustration, the people in this photo are not related to the content of the article. photo by: Yosef Silver/flickr)

Palestinian-Jewish couple hires wedding security for fear of anti-miscegenation group

An Israeli anti-miscegenation group is threatening a Palestinian-Jewish couple, calling for protests at the venue on the day of their wedding. Palestinian resident of Jaffa, Mahmoud Mansour, has reportedly hired 14 security guards to be present at his wedding next week to Morel Malka, a Jewish Israeli, for fear he may be harmed by members/supporters…

By Mairav Zonszein August 14, 2014

Hagar children from different grades participating in the annual human rights march in Tel Aviv last year. (Courtesy: Hagar Association)

‘Don’t you even dare to think about a Jewess’: An assault on tolerance education

Anti-miscegenation stickers plastered all over a mixed school are simply another manifestation of the state’s incessant attempt to police the borders of the dominant ethnic group so as to guarantee its purity. By Neve Gordon and Catherine Rottenberg This article was first published in The Nation on June 6, 2014. They came at night. When the…

By +972 Magazine June 9, 2014

Yad L'Achim anti-miscegenation video (YouTube screenshot)

Jewish anti-miscegenation groups distribute racist, sexist flyers

I have recently reported on a few instances in which two Jewish anti-miscegenation groups – Lehava and Yad L’Achim – have been actively operating to thwart contact between Jews and Arabs. Lehava, which runs a hotline encouraging callers to inform on Jewish-Arab couples, was reportedly behind a campaign to pressure Israel’s National Service Administration to stop allowing…

By Mairav Zonszein October 27, 2013