Summary: A community of 230 Orthodox Jewish people are leaving the Guatemalan Indian village they've lived in for six years. There have been claims and counterclaims of threats against the Jewish population living there, and after a meeting Wednesday during which Jewish and indigenous representatives failed to reach an agreement about the alleged discrimination, the majority of the Jewish population of the village has decided to leave. Approximately half of the Jewish population moving are children. Misael Santos, representing the Jewish community, told New Vision news that he and others had received threats from the community, even of lynching if they did not leave. The Council of Indigenous Elders accused the Jewish population in the village of "wanting to impose their religion" and undermining the Catholic faith that most of the indigenous people follow.
Analysis: All of these accusations appear to just be that; accusations. There wasn't any proof in the article that the Jewish people had been "imposing" their religion on the indigenous people. It all seems very anti-Semitic, and 230 Jewish people are losing their homes because of this anger over religion. Even the news article seems to imply that the Jewish people are in the wrong here, which is very skewed, seeing as they're the ones being threatened with lynching.
Source: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/659211-jewish-community-forced-out-of-guatemalan-village.html
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