… An organization called Jews for a Jewish Bat Yam is expected to
protest on Monday against the “assimilation of young Jewish women with
Arabs living in the city or in nearby Jaffa.”
The protest will be held around 7:30 pm near the Bat Yam mall, not
far from the police station. The organizers are also expected to show
support for the controversial rabbis’ letter.
Prejudice?
“It’s a local organization of Bat Yam residents, because the public
is tired of so many Arabs going out with Jewish girls,” explained one of
the organizers, Bentzi Gufstein. “In addition to the protest, we will
hand out pamphlets explain the situation.”
The organization behind this local protest is actually the Lehava
organization, which works to prevent intermarriage in Israel. The
right-wing activist Baruch Marzel and a few local rabbis will
participate in the demonstration, and the organizers are expecting
hundreds more.
During the past week, posters have been hung around the city calling
residents to come out and protest. Some of the posters explain: “I will
not allow them to hit on my sister! What would you do if an Arab hit on
your sister? Put an end to it! Recently we have learned of a grave
phenomenon: Hundreds of girls from Bat Yam and the center get together
with Arabs, they are integrated amongst us, their confiden…
