Netanyahu puts Israel's gay prime minister in charge of justice | Chronic

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, provisionally presented to the Ministry of Justice Amir Ohana, a member of his homobadual party Likud (right), which is an unprecedented step in the political history of this country. PM described Ohana as "a lawyer who is very familiar with the legal system ". In addition, the spokesman of Netanyahu, Yonatan Urich, pointed out the history of the decision since, "For the first time, a member of the LGTBI community will be a member of the Israeli government ", just the day of the pride parade of this collective taking place in Jerusalem.

Ohana, 43, has just occupied the position vacated by Ayelet Shaked, whom Netanyahu arrested last week after his new right-wing party failed to secure parliamentary representation in the last April elections. Who did not like the appointment is the MP Betzalel Smotrich, member of the right-wing coalition and who has been designated as a possible Minister of Justice.

Smotrich said Monday that he wanted the state to be governed by the Torah, which demands that it be governed by the religious principles of the sacred text of Judaism.