Top Israeli rabbi calls gay Knesset speaker ‘diseased’

A rabbi in Israel reportedly said the newly appointed speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, was “infected with a disease” because of his sexuality. Rabbi Meir Mazuz, the rabbinic leader of Tunisian Jews in Israel, made the comments about Ohana – a staunch supporter of new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the first openly gay speaker of the Knesset – during an online lecture on Saturday, according to Israeli media. Mazuz, who has a long history of making inflammatory remarks about the LGBTQ+ community, said during his sermon that the annual Pride Parade in Israel was a parade of “beasts walk…

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