Avigdor "Avi" Maoz, the president of the Noam party in Israel, demands the banning of LGBTQ propaganda, reports hirado.hu . The Noam party entered the Knesset as part of the Religious Zionism alliance in last week's Israeli election. Maoz said he would make it dependent on his support for Benjamin Netanyahu's government if it supports the party's bill to ban gender studies in elementary schools.
" We are here to strengthen the Jewish identity of the state and to strengthen the education system," he said, adding that he would also demand that the Ministry of Education abolish "progressive education programs .
The religious Zionism alliance won 14 seats in the Israeli legislature in the November election and is expected to play a decisive role in the government coalition led by Netanyahu. In addition to Noam, the alliance also includes the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party led by Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Religious Zionism led by Bezalel Smotrich.
In the days following the election, several members of the Religious Zionist Alliance and their supporters outlined their plans to curtail Pride events. Maoz said last week that he would work to end the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem and indicated that he would also try to reverse the ban on conversion therapy.
The politician's party burst onto the political scene in 2019 with a series of attention-grabbing - provocative, according to the left - political ads, in which the slogan was
"Israel chooses normal life".
The party claims
the LGBTQ community imposed its agenda on Israeli society. They stated that, on the other hand, they believe in a normal family structure.
The Times of Israel recalled that Maoz spoke in an interview last year that "they are trying to design our consciousness, to change our concepts. Until a decade ago, you could ask any child what a family was. He would have answered: a father, a mother and the children" .
The Netanyahus promised something else in the campaign
Benjamin Netanyahu, who will probably become Israel's next prime minister, has vowed that the future government will not change LGBTQ rights, despite the fact that he has entered into an alliance with several right-wing, anti-gay politicians, reports Origo .
A representative of Religious Zionism, Orit Strock, recently stated that members of the LGBTQ community have nothing to worry about.
"We will serve all citizens, including those who do not think like us and who have a different way of life."
However, according to Strock, his party "will put order in the public spaces" . People who walk naked or shirtless on the street should not be allowed to march.”
Strock said.
LGBTQ rights in Israel are considered the most advanced in the Middle East and the world, and are among the most inclusive.
Marriages of the same sex are not recognized, unless it was concluded abroad. Also, same-sex couples have full adoption rights, and Israel has openly gay party leaders, such as its current health minister, Nitzan Horowitz .
Source: hirado.hu
Photo: REUTERS/Corinna Kern
