Although the invitation to the mixed wedding of Mahmoud Mansour, an Arab resident of Jaffa, with Moral Malka, which is scheduled to take place this coming Sunday in Rishon LeZion - which has been stirring up social media and media outlets in recent days - was supposedly drafted in the name of the parents of the bride and groom, who are inviting the guests to their children's wedding, the bride's father, Yoram Malka, strongly opposes its holding.
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The father made it clear to Yedioth Ahronoth reporter Akiva Novik that he would not attend the wedding party: "She dated him for two years behind my back. In no way is it appropriate for me for my daughter to marry an Arab. His father tried to convince me to come, I told him I didn't want to hear from him. I can't accept that and I'm not coming.".
""I want my daughter to get married legally, with a rabbi to sanctify her. This is a disaster, this is sad. I told my daughter that I would give her whatever she wants, as long as she doesn't go with him — but she doesn't listen. It's impossible to talk to her.".
Tonight (Friday night), following an activity by Yad Laachim, a video is also being released in which the father addresses his daughter:
""I ask you, I beg you. Soul! Don't get married on Sunday, soul, don't get married. Moral, soul, I love you, I love you, you are my eldest daughter. I want you to come home, to get married, may the Lord sanctify you.".
""You don't deserve this, Morel. You're making the mistake of your life. It has many consequences, Morel. Listen to me, soul, I love you. Go back home, I'll give you what you want, leave everything, I'll give you everything, go back home, I'll give you everything, I'll give you everything. I'll give you my life, you need to get married according to the law of Moses and Israel, soul.
""Morel, just know that many girls also said, 'It won't happen to me,' and in the end things turned around and that has many consequences, Morel. So I ask you, I beg you, soul, don't get married on Sunday, soul. I will throw you the most magnificent wedding in the country.".
""It also goes against our religion. My whole family heard it, my mother, my brothers. It hurts the whole family. I am not preparing to attend the wedding under any circumstances, I am against the wedding.".
The pressure from the Lehava organization, which works to prevent assimilation, on the couple Mahmoud and Morel, and the announcement by the organization's chairman, Benzi Gopstein, that its activists will demonstrate in order to thwart the couple's wedding this coming Sunday in Rishon LeZion, continues to stir up social media.
Today, the Meretz party's youth announced that they will come to the demonstration and support the couple. Meretz Youth Chairman Tomer Reznik said that Meretz Youth will not allow the far-right, as he put it, to thwart the mixed wedding. "We will not allow the far-right to stop the wedding. We will defend them with our bodies if we have to.".
