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Members of Israeli Alt-Right group Lehava protest a Jewish-born woman's marriage to an Arabic man
So while Western media has devoted hundreds of articles to the rise of right wing extremism in Europe and the USA, I've not heard about this Israeli Alt-Right until now. And once again, only a Jewish news source like Haaretz bothers to report on it. Why?
Do you support Israel's alt right? Why or why not?

Lehava is a Jewish far-right organization based in Israel that strictly opposes Jewish assimilation, objecting to most personal relationships between Jews and non-Jews. It has been called "alt-right". It is opposed to the Christian presence in Israel. It has an anti-miscegenation focus, denouncing marriages between Jewish women and non-Jewish men. Its actions have been denounced by President of Israel Reuven Rivlin as being like "rodents gnawing under the shared democratic and Jewish foundation of Israel".
Photo: Hotlines exist to report Jewish girls who date non Jewish boys. This one avertises a phone number to call to report miscegenation.
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Lehava are estimated to have 10,000 confirmed members, but their stance on preventing interracial dating is not extremist for many in Israel. In 2010, an Arab man was sentenced by an Israeli court to serve 18 months in prison, even though the sex he'd had with a Jewish woman was consensual. He was convicted for lying to the woman about being Jewish, when he is really an Arabic Muslim.
The alt right in Israel also want Christians to be expelled from Israel, and landlords to refuse to rent or sell homes to non-Jews.
A poll was conducted of Jewish Israelis' reaction to calls for home owners to refuse non-Jews requests to buy, 44 per cent of Israeli Jews supported the idea, while 48 per cent were opposed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east11329429
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehava
So while Western media has devoted hundreds of articles to the rise of right wing extremism in Europe and the USA, I've not heard about this Israeli Alt-Right until now. And once again, only a Jewish news source like Haaretz bothers to report on it. Why?
Do you support Israel's alt right? Why or why not?