Lehava

Knesset Constitution Committee debates foreign sanctions on Israeli civilians

Foreign Minister Katz said on Wednesday during a meeting with Judea and Samaria heads that there was "no such thing as settler violence."

|ByELIAV BREUER, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Members of the radical right-wing organization Lehava holding placards, 2016.
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein and right-wing activists demonstrate against the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, 2022

US sanctions Lehava, extremist Israeli organizations blocking Gaza aid

The individuals on the list are members of Tzav 9, an organization that regularly blocks humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza.

|ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
LEHAVA CHAIRMAN Benzi Gopstein and activists protest the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security, in 2019.

US sanctions Lehava leader, fundraisers for violent settlers

The sanctions come the same day that similar measures were taken by the European Union Council, which sanctioned four individuals and two entities including Lehava.

|ByLEON KRAIEM
Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

EU sanctions hilltop youth, Lehava for human rights violations in the West Bank

The abuses include "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," the EU Council said in a statement.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MKs told more education is needed to combat intermarriage

Likud MK Hotovely hosts hearing on marriages between Jewish women, Arab men in honor of Jewish Identity Day in the Knesset.

FEBRUARY 11, 2011ByREBECCA ANNA STOIL
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Rebbetzins: Women, stay away from Arab men

Twenty-seven rabbis' wives sign a letter distributed by the 'Lehava' organization urging Jewish women not to date Arab men.

DECEMBER 28, 2010ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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