Lehava cancels protest against Arab journalist

The anti-assimilation Lehava organization cancels a protest against Arab-Israel journalist Lucy Aharish, originally set for Wednesday night, as Aharish is honored at the annual Independence Day ceremony.

The group calls off the protest due to police restrictions, Channel 2 reports.

“Due to the police’s silencing, which was designed to stifle a legitimate protest, we decided to cancel the protest across from the ceremony,” it says in a statement.

Benzi Gopstein, head of Lehava, in Jerusalem's Old City on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Benzi Gopstein, head of Lehava, in Jerusalem’s Old City on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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