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'Fauda' star marries Israeli-Arab news anchor

The interfaith marriage has been criticised by some Knesset members

October 11, 2018 14:52
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The Jewish star of hit Israeli TV series Fauda, Tsahi Halevi, got married on Wednesday to Israeli-Arab news anchor, Lucy Aharish.

Ms Aharish is Muslim and the interfaith marriage has been condemned by Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri.

The right-wing minister told Army Radio that the celebrity union was “not the right thing to do” saying that “assimilation is consuming the Jewish people.”

Mr Deri said that with a Muslim mother and Jewish father, the couple’s children would face “serious problems” in Israel, and encouraged Ms Aharish to convert to Judaism.

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