Israeli youth encouraged to burn Christian texts
Middle East Online
23 Maggio 2008
Tel Aviv deputy mayor accused of leading Jewish religious school students to burn copies of New Testament
TEL AVIV: Israeli police are investigating allegations that the deputy mayor of a Tel Aviv suburb organised the burning of copies of the New Testament before hundreds of students at a Jewish religious school, a justice official said on Friday.
Uzi Aharon, of Or Yehuda suburb, is under investigation over suspicions of committing an act hurting people's religious feelings, a justice ministry spokesman said.
Aharon was quoted in the Maariv daily newspaper as saying the book burning was a reaction to increasing "missionary activity" in Or Yehuda.
According to the daily, several residents complained and town's deputy mayor drove around the …
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