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Israel activists protest rising influence of anti-gay lawmakers

Israel activists protest rising influence of anti-gay lawmakers AFP 3 hrs ago AFP © Emmanuel DUNAND Hundreds of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a group of newly elected Israeli lawmakers who oppose gay rights Hundreds of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a group of newly elected Israeli lawmakers who oppose gay rights, in a Middle Eastern country seen as progressive in promoting LGBT equality. © Emmanuel DUNAND LGBT activists in Israel have raised particular concern about a new far-right parliamentary bloc called Religious Zionism, which controls six seats in the new parliament A coalition of groups marched and held signs outside Israel s parliament, where 120 lawmakers were being sworn in following elections last month.

Israel s President Tasks Netanyahu With Forming Government

04-06-2021 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks during consultations with party representatives on who might form the next coalition government, at the President s residence in Jerusalem, Monday, April 5, 2021. (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin announced on Tuesday that he has selected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government following last month’s inconclusive elections. “This was not an easy decision,” Rivlin said.  Israel s presidency is largely a ceremonial office. But after national elections, the president is responsible for selecting the leader of the party with the best chance of forming a government to put together a majority coalition in Israel’s 120-seat parliament or “Knesset.” He makes his selection based on consultations with all 13 incoming political parties, during which each party tells him who they recommend as their preferred candidate.

As anti-gay MKs sworn in, activists fear step backwards on LGBT rights

Noam party chairman Avi Maoz (Noam Party) Within that group are three members openly hostile to LGBT rights, including Avi Maoz, leader of the Noam party. Activist Or Keshet said Maoz had made demeaning homosexuality the centerpiece of his political career. “Already during the 2019 elections, when it first appeared, Noam was targeting the LGBT community with humiliating slogans bordering on incitement to hatred,” Keshet told AFP ahead of Tuesday’s demonstration. In a campaign clip from that election, Noam compared Reform Jews, left-wing activists and LGBT rights activists to Nazis and accused them of wanting to “destroy” the Jewish people.

Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi said to prefer coalition that relies on Arabs over left

99 shares Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky seen at his home in the city of Bnei Brak on his 92nd birthday, January 11, 2019. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90) A senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi and spiritual leader of the United Torah Judaism party appears to have given a stamp of approval for the unprecedented possibility of a right-wing, religious government propped up by the Islamist Ra’am party, according to a Thursday TV report. Chaim Kanievesky, widely acknowledged as the preeminent living Ashkenazi Haredi sage, was asked about such a scenario following last week’s inconclusive election, which kept the country’s two-year political deadlock intact. He reportedly responded as follows: “As far as safeguarding Jewish tradition is concerned, it is better to go with the representatives of the Arab public, than with the representatives from the left.”

Religious Right s Victory Frustrates Netanyahu s Government Building Efforts | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | David Israel | 20 Nisan 5781 – April 2, 2021

Religious Right s Victory Frustrates Netanyahu s Government Building Efforts | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | David Israel | 20 Nisan 5781 – April 2, 2021
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