Right-wing activists try to crash Jewish-Muslim wedding
Residents of Arab village confront bus with protesters before police turn it away
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Police on Thursday prevented a bus with some 50 right-wing activists from entering the wedding of a Jewish woman and a Muslim man.
The woman had converted to Islam before the wedding, which was held in the groom’s hometown of Araba in the Galilee.
Former MK Michael Ben Ari posted his sentiments about the marriage on Facebook hours before the incident. “I’m on my way to this ‘celebration,’ ” he wrote. “What would Golda Meir think of it? In the Diaspora we had intermarriages, and here?”
Residents of the village confronted the bus and demanded that it not enter the village, Ynet reported. Police called to the scene redirected the activists away from the wedding.
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