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A municipal election poster campaign by the national-religious Jewish Home party was halted last week, after widespread condemnation that the wording and image was racist. The poster warned of intermarriage between Jews and Arabs.
The posters, in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Ramle, featured a picture of a young woman in a hijab against a background of the candles and wine cup used on Shabbat. The image was accompanied by wording which said, “Tomorrow it could be your daughter. Only a strong Jewish Home will maintain a Jewish Ramle.”
The campaign launch followed the wedding of well-known Arab-Israeli news anchor Lucy Aharish and Jewish actor Tsahi Halevi, star of the international TV hit “Fauda,” which itself brought attention to this issue and led to heated debate.
Opposition MK Neven Abu Rahmoun of the Joint List responded, “It seems that, for certain parties, incitement is the only tool for persuasion. The local election period is contaminated with that same incitement that the government encourages, and to my great regret, it is not surprising.”
Source:
https://www.nif.org/stories/shared-society-combating-racism/racist-elect...