Jewish far-right organization in Israel
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] In 2024, the United States placed Lehava and its leader, Bentzi Gopstein , on a sanctions list for their role in fomenting Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank , labeling Lehava "the largest violent extremist organization in Israel."[ 8]
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^ Lev, David (9 September 2013). "Lehava 'Hotline' to Help Prevent Intermarriage, Assimilation" . Arutz Sheva .
^ Kaye, Yasmin (22 September 2014). "Meet Lehava, the Israeli Fascists Mounting a Vicious Crusade to Keep their Women Away from Arabs" . International Business Times .
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^ Elia-Shalev, Asaf (11 July 2024). "U.S. sanctions extremist Israeli group Lehava and several West Bank outposts" . JTA . Retrieved 17 July 2024 .