Amir Ohana Becomes Israel’s First Openly Gay Knesset Speaker

On Thursday, the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, elected Amir Ohana, a politician with the right-wing Likud party, as its next speaker, making him the first openly gay person to hold the role. “I pledge to do my best to be worthy of the trust you put in me,” Ohana told Knesset members following a 63-5 […]

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