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Lehava ((ヘブライ語:למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש) ''LeMeniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh''; "Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land") is a Jewish far-right〔()〕〔 organization based in Israel that strictly opposes Jewish assimilation, objecting to any personal or business relationships between Jews and non-Jews.〔(Lehava 'Hotline' to Help Prevent Intermarriage, Assimilation ) Israel National News, 9 Sept 2013〕〔(Meet Lehava, the Israeli Fascists Mounting a Vicious Crusade to Keep their Women Away from Arabs ) International Business Times, 22 Sept 2014〕〔('Grinning Jewish Extremists Charged in Jerusalem School Arson' ), ''Jewish Daily Forward'' (Dec 15, 2014)〕 It has an anti-miscegenation focus, denouncing marriages between Jewish women and non-Jewish, particularly Arab, men. Its actions have been denounced by the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, as being like "rodents gnawing under the shared democratic and Jewish foundation of Israel.".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Over vocal protest, Arab-Jewish wedding goes ahead )〕 In January 2015 Channel 2 reported that Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon may be preparing to categorize Lehava as a terrorist organization. Ya'alon was reported to have ordered the Shin Bet and the Defense Ministry to assemble evidence required for the classification. Three members of Lehava were arrested and indicted in 2014 for committing arson and spray-painting anti-Arab graffiti at the Max Rayne Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish Arab Education in Israel (Yad B’Yad) Bilingual School in Jerusalem, and Lehava's leader, Ben Zion Gopstein, along with other group members were arrested shortly thereafter for incitement. 〔"'Report: Ya'alon moves to name anti-assimilation group Lehava a terrorist organization' (4 Jan 2015) The Jerusalem Post" http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Report-Yaalon-looks-to-designate-anti-assimilation-group-Lehava-a-terrorist-organization-386649〕 The arson incident received international attention. Reuters reports that government action against Lehava has only come following months of petitioning by "left-leaning Israelis and media commentators." 〔(Why Israel may list this hard-line Jewish group as a terrorist organization ) The Washington Post, 5 Jan 2015〕 In response, Gopstein issued a statement harshly critical of Ya'alon: "I suggest that () aim to outlaw the Islamist Movement and then preoccupy itself with an anti-assimilation group… Instead of taking care of an enemy of Israel, the defense minister is trying to win over votes from the Left () taking on Lehava. The group acts to save the daughters of Israel (women ) and deserves the Israel Prize.” 〔(), "Times of Israel 4 Jan 2015"〕 ==Prominent members and supporters== Lehava was founded by Mosis Zion in 2009, is chaired by Bentzi Gopstein, a sworn disciple of Meir Kahane, a U.S.-born rabbi who promoted the removal of Arabs from Israel and the Palestinian territories. Gopstein had run-ins with the police for disorderly conduct while active with Kahane’s movement Kach, which was banned from Israeli politics as racist in 1988. 〔"Dan Williams 'Racist Jewish Group Offers Dilemma to Israel as Anti-Arab Violence Rises' (28 Dec 2014) Forward" http://forward.com/articles/211725/racist-jewish-group-offers-dilemma-to-israel-as-an/〕 Lehava employs a number of Kahanist figures including politician Baruch Marzel, formerly of the outlawed Kach movement. Michael Ben-Ari, a former Israeli Member of Knesset who still views himself as Meir Kahane's follower, is Lehava's spokesman.〔(The "Kahanist" MK complained about Arie Golan: He Cut me Short in an Interview ) Maariv〕 The lawyer defending Lehava members arrested in December 2014, attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, is another one of the most prominent Kahanists in Israel.〔 A closely associated NPO called Hemla (Mercy), who for many years focused on 'saving the daughters of Israel' from mixed marriages with Arab men, has received up to $175,000 per year from the state between 2005 and 2013. In 2011 an investigation by Haaretz first brought the issue to light. Part of the amount went as a salary to Bentzi Gopstein, Hemla's public relations director.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lehava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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