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Warning to Knesset: When abroad, don’t look Jewish
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Knesset members should avoid making their Jewishness or Israeliness stand out when abroad, draw the shades at, The sergeant-at-arms last week issued letters to all parliament members urging several means of caution. Some of the recommendat
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*Consult with authorities on ways to check private cars for bombs.
*Remove kippot when abroad and take other means of "hiding" Jewishness and/or "Israeliness."
Knesset spokesman Giora Pordes played down the letter, saying it was meant to refresh legislators' awareness of general security instructions already in place. "There's nothing new in this," he said.
In another letter, Knesset members were asked to consult the Knesset sergeant-at-arms before participating in the funerals of terrorism victims or visits to grieving families.
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