The Lehava organization, which works to prevent assimilation, is stirring up social media after publishing a call on the organization's Facebook page to prevent the wedding of Mahmoud Mansour, an Arab resident of Jaffa, to Morel Malka, which is scheduled to take place this Sunday in Rishon LeZion.
""Sunday, we are all on Sunday! A massacre has been committed in Israel! We are not silent, we are coming to protest. Come with signs and loudspeakers. In the name of God, we will do it and we will succeed! Share with everyone! Unfortunately, this is true," the organization's Facebook page wrote yesterday, along with a photo of the wedding invitation.
The post was published, among other things, through the new Facebook page of the Lehava organization called 'They Will Not Turn Off the Lehava'. This was after the organization's previous official page was removed by Facebook about two months ago, following an onslaught of user complaints about the organization, as an organization with racist motives, promoting incitement content.
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As expected, not all surfers liked the organization's call to come and disrupt the wedding.
For example, Yael wrote on the organization's Facebook page: "You are ignorant, you are racist, you are ignorant, and you are denying the right to exist. You intend to ruin the couple's happy day with your hateful protest, a racist protest that goes against the commandments of the Torah and the commandments of God, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Which of you has children? Are you also educating your children in this gratuitous hatred? How are you able to look at yourself in the mirror?"'
Benzi Gopstein, founder and director of the Lehava organization, says there are many mixed marriages in Israel - why this particular mass protest?
Benzi: "Events of this type always take place quietly and in Arab villages. But here, this is the first time I've encountered a situation where there is legitimacy, both in the printing of the invitation and on the part of the hall owner, for taking such an extreme step - in public.".
Is there anyone backing you up?
""I received guidance and instruction from the leader that I must not remain silent, and that I must protest against the owners of the hall who enable and support this event. This is a breach of the fence, which could increase assimilation in the country.".
Did you try to convince the bride and her family?
""A number of people have spoken to the bride, without success so far. We continue to try. We are also talking to the venue. We are not giving up. If there is no choice, we will arrive on Sunday for the wedding.".
The groom himself did not remain indifferent to the threats to organize a demonstration in front of the hall, and hired 14 guards to secure the event. The police were also informed of the planned demonstration, and the local station commanders will send special forces to prevent incidents of violence.
