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A leading Israeli rabbi, Meir Mazuz, said that openly gay Likud Party member Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Knesset, is “infected with that disease,” according to Haaretz, a news outlet founded in Jerusalem in 1919. Mazuz also denounced Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade, describing it as a “parade of beasts.” Rabbi Mazuz is a Sephardic Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem and dean of the Kisse Rahamin yeshiva, a traditional school of Jewish learning. […] The minister in charge of policing during the annual pilgrimage to Mount Meron in May 2021 was Amir Ohana, then the Minister of Public Security. During that...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has come under renewed intense pressure to step down this week amid allegations that he defrauded a number of national charities during his time as mayor of Jerusalem and minister of industry and trade. According to a police statement released at the weekend, evidence suggests that over the course of many years Olmert asked several different charities to fund each of his trips abroad on state business. The money from only one charity was needed to pay for each trip, while the money from the others was deposited into a special bank account that the...

Jan. 5, 2006 9:34 | Updated Jan. 5, 2006 9:41 Olmert convenes cabinet session By HERB KEINON Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chaired a cabinet meeting at 9 am to signal the orderly transfer of powers. "This is a difficult situation that we are not used to," Olmert said at the opening of a meeting that ended roughly half an hour later. He said that after receiving a briefing from Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz, "we will at the end of the meeting return to running the affairs of the state, and continue to pray and hope for good news from the...

Dec. 19, 2004 21:38 | Updated Dec. 20, 2004 22:40 Prosecution to probe whether settler leader incited to rebellion By YAAKOV KATZThe Justice Ministry will 'look into' statements made by Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein, calling for civil disobedience against the Gaza pullout, to decide whether he will be charged for incitement to rebellion. After the probe, the folder will be passed on to the Attorney General, who will make a final decision whether or not to open a criminal investigation. The decision was made Monday night at an emergency meeting called by Attorney General Menahem Mazuz with the...

Dec. 19, 2004 21:38 | Updated Dec. 20, 2004 18:47 Yesha endorses Wallerstein's call to resist pullout By YAAKOV KATZ Yesha Council head Benzi LiebermanBenzi Lieberman, left, and Pinchas Wallerstein Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski (File)Advertisement Lower Your Blood Pressure The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip (Yesha) convened Monday evening and released a statement supporting Wallerstein's call to break the law and go to jail if necessary to resist the evacuation of settlements. "The Yesha Council repeats Mr. Wallerstein's statements that the proposed law to remove Jews from their homes is immoral, violates human rights, and...