2023-04-29 17:13:45
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Ofir Akunis advised Avi Maoz to “judge others by their deeds, not their sexual orientation.”
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis “rejects in disgust” MP Avi Maoz’s words regarding Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.
It is reported by Israel Info.
It is noted that Maoz, the leader of the Noam party, which is part of the ruling coalition, informed his political comrades-in-arms in a special letter that he might not see Ohana and his wife at official ceremonies, this sight “overwhelms him with shame and pain.” The deputy repented that he “made a mistake” when he voted for the election of Ohana as speaker of the Knesset. According to Maoz, it “didn’t occur to him” that the appointment of a gay man would “become a symbol and an example of this phenomenon.”
Minister Akunis said that Maoz was simply appealing to his “nuclear electorate”, and Likud is a liberal party, it has voters in the LGBT community, and he “rejects with disgust” the words of a coalition partner. The minister advised Maoz to “judge others by deeds, not by sexual orientation.”
“The leader of the ruling coalition, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not comment on the homophobic speech of the coalition member, with whom negotiations are underway to return to the ministerial post. The voice of Avi Maoz is needed by the coalition, and the leader of the Noam party is determined to uphold his principles,” the article says.
As Cursor reported, Avi Maoz recently said he was filled with “shame and pain” because openly gay Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attended official state ceremonies on Memorial Day and Independence Day with his husband.
Ohana became the first openly gay person to receive a key role as Speaker of the Knesset.
Earlier, the Cursor wrote that Avi Maoz refused to vote for the bills of the coalition – media.
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