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Herzog says he is ‘worried and disturbed’ by anti-LGBT sentiments from politicians
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President Isaac Herzog presents Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu with the mandate to form the next government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
President Isaac Herzog expresses grave concern after two members of Knesset with the Religious Zionism party suggested that businesses and even doctors should be able to refuse service to members of the LGBT community if it offends their religious sensibilities.
“A situation in which citizens in Israel feel threatened because of their identity or belief undermines the fundamental democratic values of the State of Israel,” says Herzog in a statement. “The racist comments heard in recent days against the LGBT community and against any different groups and sectors worry and disturb me a great deal.”
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