Israeli police arrest 15 over campaign to stop Jew-Arab dating

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Israeli police arrest 15 over campaign to stop Jew-Arab dating
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Among those arrested was Benzi Gopstein, leader of the anti-miscegenation Lehava group

Isaeli supporters of the right-wing Organization for Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land (LEHAVA) protest outside a wedding hall (AFP)

Sunday 22 October 2017 09:41 UTC

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Sunday 22 October 2017 9:41 UTC

Israeli police have arrested 15 suspected far-right Jewish activists following an undercover investigation into a group accused of tracking down and threatening Arab men dating Jewish women, authorities said Sunday.

Israeli radio said that among those taken in for questioning was Benzi Gopstein, a prominent leader of the extreme-right group Lehava, but police would not confirm or deny the reports.

Arrests and searches for evidence were carried out simultaneously at addresses in Jerusalem, northern and southern Israel and in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, police said.

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