Rabbi Zvi Kostiner, head of the Mitzpe Ramon yeshiva and one of the rabbis of the Noam party, launched a blatant and almost unprecedented attack on the proud community.
"Do not be ashamed, take courage, wherever you work, say - gays at home," he read in a protest tent in front of MK Nir Orbach's house. The news was first published here by Yair Ettinger.
"Do not be ashamed, say - gays home!": The blatant attack of Rabbi Zvi Kostiner, Rosh Yeshivat Mitzpe Ramon and rabbis of the Noam party, against the LGBT community @ YairEttinger pic.twitter.com/siqynKSv0k
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Last Saturday evening, Rabbi Kostiner spoke in a protest encampment in front of Orech's house in Petah Tikva, and told of a play that was allegedly performed on Holocaust Remembrance Day at a state religious school in the south, in which a story of rescuing Jews by a Christian priest ends .
You will understand how far the madness goes in the Ministry of Education, and that is the battle I am telling all of us. "
"Do not be ashamed, take courage. Where you work, tell LGBT people home, gays home.
Evil evil evil evil and more evil.
And we are silent, afraid.
Parent 1, Parent 2 - Crazy.
And everyone is silent.
Fight everything.
It is our job everywhere not to be ashamed of our Judaism, not to be ashamed, "said Rabbi Kostiner.
"We have already learned in our flesh that words have tremendous power and can hurt and even kill," said Alon Shachar, director of the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance.
A rabbi who calls such incitement, calls the members of the community "wicked" and denies their existence in Israeli society is no less criminal.
We offer a person who calls himself a rabbi, and in the name of Judaism defames an entire population, to do an urgent home inspection with himself. "
The chairman of the LGBT Association, Hila Peer: "Dangerous and dark statements that remind us again why we are marching and how important it is to fight hatred.
We all remember where those words can lead and their heavy price.
In the face of this incitement - one must not remain silent and the head of the council is expected to condemn things before the next case of violence.
"Our community will continue to be with great pride whoever it is everywhere and also in Mitzpe Ramon."
MK Yurai Lahav Herzno (Yash Atid) also responded to the remarks and tweeted on his Twitter account. "I am Jewish, Israeli, gay and I am proud of it.
These are wild and dangerous incitement.
The same rabbi does damage to Judaism, divides, divides and harms people just because of who they are.
On July 1, I will march in the Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon and I call on the whole house of Israel to come and march with us.
The light will overcome the darkness. "
MK Moshe (Kinley) Tor Paz tweeted in response that he intends to march with members of the proud community at the upcoming Pride Parade in protest of his remarks.
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