Amir Ohana, Likud’s first openly gay Knset member, terviewed.

Contents:

• ISRAEL REACH RERD NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY LAWMAKERS
• LIKUD’S AMIR OHANA BE ISRAEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY KNSET SPEAKER
• ISRAEL SETS RERD FOR NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY MKS
• ISRAEL NAM FIRST GAY SPEAKER – BUT NEW ERNMENT CLUS ANTI-LGBTQ+ MISTERS
• NEW RERD GAY KNSET MEMBERS
• ISRAELIS POISED FOR THEIR GAYT PARLIAMENT YET
• ISRAEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY LIKUD LAWMAKER ON BEG A COALN WH ANTI-GAY PARTI
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

ISRAEL REACH RERD NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY LAWMAKERS

Israel swore another openly gay lawmaker on Monday, markg a rerd for the untry nsired a regnal pneer on LGBT rights, spe opposn om relig nservativ. Yorai Lahav-Hertzano om the opposn Yh Atid-Telem alliance beme the latt polician to jo the 120-seat Knset, brgg to six the number of openly gay lawmakers. Five percent of Israeli lawmakers are now openly gay, the fourth-hight figure the world, acrdg to polil scientist Andrew Reynolds.

Openly gay soldiers serve the ary, while Israel regniz same-sex marriag nducted abroad, and gay and lbian upl have surrogacy rights. First openly gay mister. While Tel Aviv’s Gay Pri para ually draws huge crowds om around the world, the equivalent march nservative Jesalem is held unr a heavy police prence.

LIKUD’S AMIR OHANA BE ISRAEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY KNSET SPEAKER

Participants the annual Jesalem Gay Pri para place flowers at a memorial for Shira Banki, who was murred durg the para 2015, on June 6, 2019. Annual Gay Pri events both ci have been nceled this month due to the ronavis panmic.

ISRAEL SETS RERD FOR NUMBER OF OPENLY GAY MKS

The day before last year’s para, Netanyahu appoted Israel’s first openly gay mister. Left-wg polician Itzik Shmuli, who is openly gay, also joed the ernment ranks, as mister for social affairs. They s alongsi Rafi Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi, who last year endorsed ntroversial therapy to nvert gay people to heterosexualy.

A former mister past ernments, Ohana is the Knset’s first openly gay person to hold the role. Ohana has prevly served as jtice mister and public secury mister, wh his elevatn to the former post 2019 makg him Israel’s first openly gay mister.

Several of Likud’s far-right and ultra-Orthodox partners have exprsed homophobic posns, cludg returng now-banned nversn therapy, changg ernmental forms to say “mother” and “father” stead of the genr-ntral “parent, ” and nng on the platform of a “normal fay, ” the se of the openly anti-LGBTQ Noam party. Uned Torah Judaism MKs Yzhak Goldknopf and Meir Posh, a mister and puty mister, rpectively, the new ernment, avert their gaze as Amir Ohana MK, who is gay, mak his first speech as Knset speaker, December 29, 2022 (Screenshot om footage by Ari Kelman, BeHadrei Hadarim, broadst on Channel 12; ed acrdance wh clse 27a of the Copyright Law).

ISRAEL NAM FIRST GAY SPEAKER – BUT NEW ERNMENT CLUS ANTI-LGBTQ+ MISTERS

Ahead of the vote for speaker, Maoz asserted that recent reports about his party drawg up lists of gay media profsnals and “leftist” Jtice Mistry staff were no more than an attempt by the media to “fame, monize and shame” him. REVELERS DIP the Mederranean Sea as they take part a Gay Pri para Tel Aviv last year. On Friday, Israel set the rerd for hight amount of openly gay MKs the 23rd Knset, wh six members of the LGBT muny, while the prev rerd was Secury Mister Amir Ohana set the rerd for beg the first gay mister Israel 2019 after he was appoted as the jtice mister by Prime Mister Benjam Netanyahu.

Other than Ohana, the other 5 gay MKs are Meretz lear Nzan Horowz, Labor MK Itzik Shmuli, Blue and Whe MKs Idan Roll and former Ra’anana mayor Ean Gzburg, and Yh Atid-Telem MK Yorai Lahav rerd was ma possible after Blue and Whe sred a polil victory overnight Monday night when succeed passg the Expand Norwegian Law the Knset plenum by a vote of 67 to law would enable five misters or puty misters Blue and Whe and two other aln parti to qu the Knset and be replaced by the next ndidat on their parti' such, on Wednday, four Blue and Whe misters filed their rignatn to Knset Speaker Yariv Lev, wh their rignatn and the entry of four new MKs g to effect on, Lahav Hertzanu managed to secure a spot the 23rd Knset, beg the sixth openly gay MK and settg the new rerd. The Israeli legislature has elected Amir Ohana as s first out gay speaker as a number of anti-LGBTQ+ policians are ma bet members. Among the appotments to the new bet is Avi Maoz, lear of the homophobic Noam party, which has prevly lked gay people wh child traffickg and pared LGBTQ+ advot to Nazis.

Dpe public pledg that LGBTQ+ protectns would not be threatened, the aln agreements outle rollbacks on discrimatn laws that uld allow goods and service provirs to refe servg people based on relig belief, possibly allowg for homophobic discrimatn.

NEW RERD GAY KNSET MEMBERS

The Red Le for Hate monstratn, anised by LGBTQ+ activists Israel, protted anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers the ernment and legislature, chantg “We are here and everywhere” and “Homophobia starts the ernment offic”. Last week was revealed that Maoz had nstcted lists of gay media profsnals and “leftist” Jtice Mistry staff.

On Monday, another gay Knset member was sworn and set a new rerd the untry’s polil history. Yorai Lahav-Hertzano of the opposn party Yh Atid-Telem is the latt polician to w one of the 120 seats the Knset, brgg the number of openly gay Knset members up to 6. Now, five percent of Israeli lawmakers are openly gay, the fourth-hight percentage the world.

ISRAELIS POISED FOR THEIR GAYT PARLIAMENT YET

Open gay soldiers serve their ary service the Israeli Army (IDF) on an equal footg wh all other soldiers, Israel regniz same-sex marriag entered to abroad and gay and lbian upl have the right to have children through a foster mother.

Tel Aviv’s Gay Pri Para ually attracts participants om all over the world, the para is also held the nservative cy of Jesalem unr a strong police prence.

ISRAEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY LIKUD LAWMAKER ON BEG A COALN WH ANTI-GAY PARTI

Read MIFF’s article on Tel Aviv’s Gay Pri Para 2019 here. This year the paras both ci have been nceled due to the Corona day before last year’s para, Netanyahu appoted Israel’s first openly gay mister.

Israel News | Israel Electn 2022The number of gay lawmakers is set to double to at least four after April 9. Next step: Electg reprentativ om the Arab, lbian and transgenr muniMar 10, 2019Mar 10, 2019Among the few thgs is safe to predict about Israel’s next Knset is that will have a rerd number of openly gay members — possibly more than double the number the outgog Knset, which at barely two (sce one only me out midway through the term) was self a rerd.

“As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.

Starmer said one of his nstuents, Ken Wright, a former RAF service member who was “forced to leave the job he loved simply bee he was gay”, was the public gallery to hear the apology. Israel’s First Openly Gay Likud Lawmaker on Beg a Coaln Wh Anti-Gay Parti.