17 August 2014 Last updated at 21:05 ET Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28831114#afterFlash>
Four Jewish protesters have been arrested at the wedding of a Jewish-born woman who converted to Islam and an Arab Muslim man in Israel. Several hundred demonstrators rallied outside the reception hall in Rishon LeZion on Sunday, amid high security. The groom, Mahmoud Mansour, had sought a court order to try to stop the protest from taking place but failed. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has condemned the demonstrations against the couple's union. Supporters of the Jewish Lehava group, who oppose the intermarriage of Arab Muslims and Jews, were granted permission to picket the wedding as long as they did not come within 200 metres of the wedding hall. But four protesters were arrested for failing to follow police instructions, Israel's Ynet News website reported <http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4559669,00.html>. [image: Extreme right-wing Jews behind bars as police keep several hundred protestors away from a wedding hall in Rishon Lezion, Israel, 17 August 2014 where the wedding of Moral and Mahmud Mansour is taking place.] Some of the far-right Lehava members were kept back behind bars by Israeli police [image: Left-wing supporters of the interfaith marriage gather with balloons and supportive placards including a heart outside a wedding hall in Rishon Lezion, Israel, on 17 August 2014] A face off outside the wedding hall, as left-wing supporters turned up to show solidarity with the couple A counter-demonstration of left-wing protesters was also staged in support of the couple's marriage, with hundreds of police deployed to keep the two sets of demonstrators apart. The bride, Morel Malka, and her husband invited 500 guests to celebrate their marriage on Sunday. Ms Malka, 23, had converted to Islam ahead of the ceremony. "We live in true coexistence, and I don't really care what people say," Mr Mansour, 26, told Israel's Channel 2 ahead of the wedding, President Rivlin has been quoted by Israeli media describing <http://www.timesofisrael.com/over-vocal-protest-arab-jewish-wedding-goes-ahead/> the Lehava demonstrators as "rodents gnawing under the shared democratic and Jewish foundation of Israel". -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
