Bat Yam rally: 'Arabs dating our sisters'

[Scurrilous]

Organizer of demonstration to take place Monday says 'public sick of Arabs hitting on Jewish girls.' Participants include right-wing activist Baruch Marzel

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4001502,00.html

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"After a rabbis' letter instructing Jews to not sell or rent apartments to Arabs, racist behavior reaches new low: An organization called Jews for a Jewish Bat Yam is expected to protest on Monday against the "assimilation of young Jewish women with Arabs living in the city or in nearby Jaffa."

The protest will be held around 7:30 pm near the Bat Yam mall, not far from the police station. The organizers are also expected to show support for the controversial rabbis' letter.

"It's a local organization of Bat Yam residents, because the public is tired of so many Arabs going out with Jewish girls," explained one of the organizers, Bentzi Gufstein. "In addition to the protest, we will hand out pamphlets explain the situation."

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"During the past week, posters have been hung around the city calling residents to come out and protest. Some of the posters explain: "I will not allow them to hit on my sister! What would you do if an Arab hit on your sister? Put an end to it! Recently we have learned of a grave phenomenon: Hundreds of girls from Bat Yam and the center get together with Arabs, they are integrated amongst us, their confidence rising. Put an end to it! Lower their confidence!"

Another poster reads: "Keeping Bat Yam Jewish. Arabs are taking over Bat Yam, buying and renting apartments from Jews, taking and ruining Bat Yam girls! Around 15,000 Jewish girls have been taken to villages! Jews, come on, let's win!"

[LeftishBrit]

1. Marzel is disgusting

He is a politician in the 'Jewish National Front', which means the same sort of thing as any National Front party anywhere else! He has a long police record for assaulting Palestinians and left-wing Jews, and is also virulently homophobic. Not a savoury character. Ugh.

[Violet_Crumble]

2. Clearly there's nothing for it but to send out patrols to break this up!

I recalled a thread at DU from a fair while back about this sort of thing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=290018#290067

What I found sickening on rereading that thread is that at least one DUer was actually defending it.

This isn't only racist, but it's misogynistic crap where neanderthal knuckledraggers combine their racism with a belief that women are property who have to be told by the men who they can and can't get involved with. Yuck...

[bemildred]

3. Yeah, their property rights are being threatened.

:puke:

[shira]

4. I remember that thread....

That was where one DU'er falsely attributed ugly views to another and insisted she knew what the other DU'er believed, despite being corrected many times.

[Violet_Crumble]

5. You've got the wrong thread. That wasn't done to me in that particular thread...

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong once you go and read through that thread I linked to, but there was at least one DUer defending the patrol that had been set up to break up Arab males dating Jewish females...

What's yr opinion about the OP?

[shira]

6. Who are you accusing of defending racism from that thread you linked to?

As for the OP here, the situation being described is absolute racism.

[Violet_Crumble]

7. Are you claiming that no-one in that thread defended the patrols in that OP?

I suggest you reread that thread, because my recollection is at least one person in that thread was indeed defending those patrols...

Why do you think the OP in this case is an example of racism? They're concerned about Arab men going out with Jewish girls, which is what the OP I linked to was about as well....

[shira]

8. You're the one here claiming someone in that thread supported racism. And then you cited...

...something I wrote. Are you accusing me of defending racism in that thread, because you certainly did at the time - even though I explained my position. You falsely accused me of defending something I never defended.

[Violet_Crumble]

9. Incorrect. That's NOT what I claimed at all...

I said (and this is easy to confirm for yrself, as I only wrote it a few posts ago) that there was a thread about a similar thing and I recalled one or two DUers in that thread defending it. What I don't recall doing in this thread is citing you, nor mentioning you specifically. I stand by what I said. There are one or two posters in that thread who do defend the patrols described in the OP...

I'll ask again. Why do you think the OP in this case is an example of racism? They're concerned about Arab men going out with Jewish girls, which is what the OP I linked to was about as well....

[oberliner]

10. Glad to see this fun repartee has returned

Very insightful back-and-forth!

[shira]

11. You recalled one or two DU'ers but cited me in post #2 above. Why? n/t