Rabbi Avraham Ravitz (UTJ) has sent a letter to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, requesting he probe the bus campaign launched by the left-wing Meretz Party, displaying signs on buses "An end to the chareidization of Jerusalem.?
In his letter to Mazuz, Rav Ravitz states he "smells a hint of racism in the tone of the ad campaign. It appears to me that a legitimate party such as Meretz can not abuse the freedom of speech right to incite the public against other legitimate populations in Jerusalem with racist slogans?.
Rav Ravitz also turned to the management of Egged, the bus cooperative, requesting it immediately remove the "racist ad posters from buses?.
"Perhaps we [as a people] have become less sensitive and therefore, we are unaware just how offensive the slogan appears,? Ravitz is quoted saying to the weekly Mishpacha Magazine.
Rabbi Ravitz questions what the response would have been if the term chareidi was replaced by Muslim.
Ravitz adds he believes a campaign for local elections may and should be conducted with slogans expressing the views of a party, but the current level of the campaign is unacceptable. "It has a bad taste?, he said referring to the bus ad campaign, adding it may even violate laws prohibiting incitement.
Egged responded, explaining it was unaware, and will be removing the posters from city buses within 24 hours.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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