למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש | |
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Abbreviation | Lehava |
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Formation | 2005 |
Founder | Bentzi Gopstein |
Purpose | Anti-intermarriage |
Headquarters | Jerusalem |
Membership | 10,000 |
Leader | Bentzi Gopstein |
Key people | Michael Ben-Ari Bentzi Gopstein Baruch Marzel Itamar Ben-Gvir |
Affiliations | Otzma Yehudit Hemla |
Website | www |
Lehava (להב"ה "Flame," Hebrew: למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש LiMniat Hitbolelut B'eretz HaKodesh; Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land) is a far-right and Jewish supremacist[1] organization based in Israel that strictly opposes Jewish assimilation, objecting to most personal relationships between Jews and non-Jews.[2][3][4] It is opposed to the Christian presence in Israel.[5] It has an anti-intermarriage focus, denouncing marriages between Jews and non-Jews forbidden by Orthodox Jewish law.[6] The group has over 10,000 members.[7] In 2024, the United States placed Lehava and its leader, Bentzi Gopstein, on a sanctions list for their role in fomenting Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, labeling Lehava "the largest violent extremist organization in Israel."[8]
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