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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran
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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5606)8/6/2004 3:32:41 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
Note the bold text. This is supposed to be a voice of moderation in the debate!

<<< ... The phenomenon of mixed couples is not new in Safed. Two residents of Akbara are married to Jewish women. Arab and Jewish men and women meet and grow close in Safed College, an extension of Bar-Ilan University, of which 60 percent of the students are Arabs. However, it appears that what kindled the spark this time was a love story between a girl from an ultra-Orthodox home and a young man from Akbara. According to Reuven Sadeh, the deputy mayor for the Likud, "She is 17 years old and he is 18. I understand that a Jewish girl with Arabs is a desecration and against religion, but the phenomenon exists. We must not take matters to the extreme and apply it to all of Akbara. We are lucky to have them and the relations with them are excellent. It would appear that her parents are working with the city's rabbis, whose views toward the Arabs are known. Regretfully, someone here took the law into his own hands and decided to stir things up. To light a fire is easy" ... >>>

A new racist reality for the Arabs of Safed

By Tal Hassin

haaretz.com

So, all sides agree that Jews should not marry non-Jews. The debate is over how violent the reaction should be.

Tom
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