Lehava
Jewish far-right organization in Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lehava (להב"ה "Flame," Hebrew: למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש LiMniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh; Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) is a far-right and Jewish supremacist[1] organization based in Israel that strictly opposes Jewish assimilation, objecting to most personal relationships between Jews and non-Jews.[2][3][4] It is opposed to the Christian presence in Israel.[5] It has an anti-miscegenation focus, denouncing marriages between Jews and non-Jews forbidden by Orthodox Jewish law.[6] The group has over 10,000 members.[7]
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למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש | |
Abbreviation | Lehava |
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Formation | 2005 |
Founder | Bentzi Gopstein |
Purpose | Anti-miscegenation |
Headquarters | Jerusalem |
Membership | 10,000 |
Leader | Bentzi Gopstein |
Key people | Michael Ben-Ari Bentzi Gopstein Baruch Marzel Itamar Ben-Gvir |
Affiliations | Otzma Yehudit Hemla |
Website | www |
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