Far-right Israeli activists hold placards and shout slogans against the wedding of Mahmoud Mansour and Maral Malka (not pictured) in Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv in this file picture taken August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/Files
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A far-right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence.
Among their activities, Lehava activists yelling "Death to the Arabs" picketed the wedding in August of a Muslim to a Jewish woman who converted to Islam. Now three members have been charged with an arson attack on a cross-faith school in Jerusalem last month.
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