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Israel's legal establishment to examine rabbis' letter forbidding rental of homes to Arabs. By Yair Ettinger and Haaretz Service

In response to a petition against the signatories of the rabbis' letter, attorney general's office says rabbis' statements were 'inappropriate for public officials.'

The attorney general's office stated on Thursday that it would look into possible criminal aspects of a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles signed by a number of leading rabbis.

Dozens of Israel's municipal chief rabbis signed on to the…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on December 9, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Thousands march in Tel Aviv against loyalty oath bill. By Asaf Shtull-Trauring

Hadash MK Dov Khenin warns concept of a population transfer of Israel's Arab citizens has turned from a nightmare into an operational plan.

Thousands marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in a joint Jewish-Arab protest against the cabinet's approval of a controversial amendment to the citizenship bill, requiring non-Jews seeking citizenship to pledge allegiance to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

The demonstrators marched carrying signs reading "Jews and Arabs…

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Added by Arzenu Admin on October 16, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Why IRAC opposes the Conversion Bill

At the end of April, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and MK David Rotem of the Yisrael Beiteinu party traveled to New York to meet with the heads of the North American Jewish community and convince them to accept the bill. Ayalon and Rotem were unsuccessful.… Continue

Added by Darryl Egnal on May 27, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments