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Sunday, July 16, 2023
Lapid rails at government for not condemning Hungary’s LGBTQ policies
Opposition leader Yair Lapid hits out at the government for not signing a joint statement slamming Hungary’s LGTBQ policies.
“This is a moral and ethical disgrace and another failed diplomatic move. The Israeli government has been kidnapped by an extremist minority of fanatics,” Lapid charges in a statement.
“Where are the the liberals in Likud?” he adds, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party.
Thirty-eight countries, including the United States and all European Union nations but Poland, signed the letter, which was published before the Budapest Pride parade yesterday.