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Gay Knesset candidates file incitement complaint against Haredi rabbi
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThree gay Knesset candidates on the Blue and White party slate file an incitement complaint today against a prominent Haredi rabbi, Meir Mazuz, who said gay relationships “cause diseases.”
The anti-gay comments were in a campaign video for the Yahad party, headed by former Shas chairman Eli Yishai.
Such comments lead “in a clear line” to “violence against gays in the Israeli public space,” the three candidates, Idan Rol, Eitan Ginsburg and Yorai Lahav Hertzno, say after filing the complaint.
“The gay community won’t be anyone’s punching bag,” they say. “We’re done being silent.”
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