Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel has rejected Member of Knesset Oren Hazan's claim that Jewish self preservation was the motive behind his criticism of the marriage of Wednesday's marriage of Jewish actor Tzachi Levy to Israeli Arab media personality Lucy Aharish.
Writing on Twitter, Gamliel said, "The strengthening of the Jewish people and our identity is not done by interfering in the private lives of people and crucifying them on social networks. We will continue to encourage aliyah, to strengthen Jewish identity in schools, to work for state-friendly conversion institutions for converts, for the nation-state law that will guarantee the future of the State of Israel as a Jewish state and to care for every Jew."