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Luxembourg PM boycotts Israeli envoy’s farewell over Peretz’s comments on gays
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel boycotts the farewell dinner for departing Israeli Ambassador Simona Frankel over Education Minister Rafi Peretz’s comments over the weekend approving of so-called “conversion therapy” for gays.
Bettel, who is gay, is considered friendly to Israel among European leaders, and visited the Jewish state earlier this year.
Bettel tells reporters he respects the Israeli envoy, but could not participate in an official event of the Israeli government after Peretz’s comments in a Channel 12 interview broadcast Friday.
Bettel was to be the guest of honor at the Monday dinner.
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