The Israeli government banned a romance novel depicting an interracial Jewish-Arab relationship from schools, according to reports in the Israeli media.
Israel’s education ministry ruled that the book “Gader Haya” (“Hedgegrow” in Hebrew, but translated into English as “Borderline”) cannot be used in high schools, claiming the love story threatens “the identity and the heritage of students in every sector.”
In the justification for its decision, education ministry officials insisted “intimate relations between Jews and non-Jews threaten the separate identity,” warning that “young people of adolescent age don’t have the systemic view that includes considerations involving maintaining the national-ethnic identity of the people and the significance of miscegenation.”
You can read the rest @
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/so_much_for_tolerance_israel_bans_arab_jewish_romance_novel_for_promoting_interracial_relationships/
And you can find the referenced report @
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.694620 [subscription required]
Why are we still supporting these people? If this is not racial intolerance, then what is?
Does the phrase "Arab Lives Matter" have any meaning for you?
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