Saturday, August 02, 2003

Anti-Semitism in Israel???

INN reports on non-Arab anti-Semitism in Israel.

There has been an alarming rise in anti-Semitic acts by full fledged, non-Arab Israeli citizens in recent years. From swastikas painted on synagogues in B’nai Brak to vandalized graves in Beit Shemesh, to countless anecdotal stories of threats and harassment all around the country, traditional anti-Semitism seems to be rearing its head – this time from a different source – non-Jewish Russian immigrants.

One man involved has proposed changed the Law of Return to deal with the situation.
He [Zalman Gilichinsky, director of the Information Center for Victims of Anti-Semitism in Israel] says he favors an immediate change to the Law of Return to prevent immigrants who are not Jewish from entering the country. “This law was created to increase the Jewish population in Israel, but today it has the opposite effect and it is increasing the numbers of non-Jews,” Gilichinsky says.

I'm sure that the Reform and Conservative Movements will cry foul over any attempt to change the law of return.

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