Israel: Jewish extremist leader calls for ban on Christmas

Bentzi Gopstein, the Jewish leader of extremist anti-assimilation group Lehava in Israel, has called for a ban on Christmas celebrations in the country and the banishment of Christians, who he referred to as “blood-sucking vampires”, from the land. The comments that were published in Hebrew in an op-ed on the ultra-Orthodox Kooker website have triggered an outcry, with pluralist groups calling prosecutors and police to launch an immediate investigation into the matter.

 

Gopstein, who has been arrested before in a murder case, alleged Christians have repeatedly attempted to eliminate Jews and since their methods never worked, they decided to invest billions of dollars over the years in order to gain a foothold in the Holy Land and “disseminate spiritual poison” through missionary work.

 

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