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Shas spiritual leader may back ban on renting to Arabs

29 October 2010

By Chaim Levinson and Jack Khoury, Haaretz – 29 Oct 2010
www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/shas-spiritual-leader-may-back-ban-on-renting-to-arabs-1.321695

Former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef cites centuries-old interpretation of halakhic ruling barring the sale of land to non-Jews.

Days after a group of rabbis urged Safed residents not to rent apartments to Arabs, former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef reiterated a 500-year-old halakhic ruling barring the sale of land in the Land of Israel to non-Jews – a move that appeared to be a show of support for the other rabbis.

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