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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Arab Israelis take part in a rally in a protest against the demolition of Arab homes across Israel, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on April 28, 2015. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Pew finding on expulsion of Israeli Arabs prompts sharp reactions

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 8, 2016

TEL AVIV — In a survey that spanned politics, religion and interfaith relations, one statistic stood out: nearly half of Israel’s Jews support expelling the country’s Arabs.The Pew Research Center’s study of Israelis’ attitudes, which had its...

Pew: 48 percent of Israeli Jews want Arabs out of country

Ben SalesPublished March 8, 2016

An Orthodox man arguing with a secular woman in Jerusalem, Sept. 4, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)TEL AVIV (JTA) — Nearly half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs from the country.That’s one of several surprising findings from a new survey of Israeli...

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