Covid-19: Israel minister who called virus ‘divine punishment for homosexuals’ tested positive

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com ^ | Updated on April 08, 2020 Published on April 08, 2020 | Prashasti Awasthi

[BackRoads775]

The minister is the head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party Israel’s homophobic health minister Yaakov Litzman has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after flouting his own lockdown to attend group prayers despite the ban on the public congregations, as per the Times of Israel report. The minister who is now infected with the coronavirus had earlier claimed that the coronavirus was the divine punishment for homosexuality.

[Brilliant]

So he’s gay?

[BBQToadRibs]

To paraphrase:

“The rain falls upon saints and sinners alike.”

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[JOHN ADAMS]

The claim in this story is false and has been debunked. Litzman did not ever say such a thing. If he had, the Israeli newspapers, which mostly lean left, would have had the guy strung up from a lamppost. see here for the debunking: https://honestreporting.com/hr-prompts-correction-to-false-charge-against-israeli-health-minister/ So where did this story come from? A Pakistan-based website and a progressive secular humanist site that got it from… the Pakistani site. This is an unfortunate demonstration of how easy it is for fake news to spread from illegitimate sources. To its credit, Pink News responded to our email immediately, acknowledging that an error had been made. The story has been amended and the following correction issued: An earlier version of this article referenced two inaccurate reports regarding Yaakov Litzman blaming the coronavirus pandemic on homosexuality. This has since been corrected.

[NetAddicted]

Did they change the headline, accusing Litzman of blaming homosexuals for pandemic?