Yet, they call us racist and intolerant.
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel reportedly has refused to allow the cousin of
singer Barbra Streisand to make aliyah.
The Interior Ministry, via The Jewish Agency, rejected Dale Streisand's
request because it saw on his Facebook page that he had been previously
involved in Christian missionary activity, Haaretz reported Thursday.
Streisand, 57, has lived in the Philippines for the last year, since he
moved there to get married. His wife is pregnant and he told Haaretz
that he wants the baby to be born in Israel.
Streisand said he was told originally that there was a problem because
he was marrying a Philippines citizen, and then was told he was
rejected because there was a link on his Facebook page to a Christian
Missionary website. He has since created a new Facebook page that
features an Israeli flag as his profile picture, and is friends with
Chabad of the Philippines.
Streisand told Haaretz that he is newly religious and is studying
Jewish texts.
The interior minister can prevent a Jewish person from making aliyah
under the Law of Return if they "work against the Jewish people" or
have been proven to have converted.