Eliav Zohar (photo: screenshot, Keshet 12)
Eliav Zohar, the winner of the ninth season of "The Next Star" and the son of MK Miki Zohar, wrote on Twitter that "God forbid that we reach a situation where a person in Israel will be discriminated against on the basis of his faith or sexual orientation." According to publications, he may be appointed Minister of Culture and Sports: "Father, we trust you." The 22-year-old singer and musician wrote these words after the storm that erupted from the racist statements of members of the Knesset from religious Zionism, a member of the incoming coalition, Orit Struck, who said that a doctor should not be forced to provide treatment that contradicts for his religious faith, and Simcha Rothman who said that it is possible to refuse to host gays.
"I don't like to talk about politics but there is something that sits on my heart that is important for me to say," Eliav wrote. "God forbid that we reach a situation where a person in Israel will be discriminated against on the basis of his faith or sexual orientation.
I am sure that the new government will also protect the freedom of all of us.
Father, we trust you.
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MK Miki Zohar wrote in response to his son: "Eliav, my dear son, you know me well enough to know that we will protect the freedom of all Israeli citizens."
About two weeks ago, Strock, together with members of her party, Religious Zionism, submitted a proposal to amend the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, according to which discrimination will not be considered prohibited discrimination "if this is done to prevent damage to the religious art of the dealer or to the religious art of part of his customers".
Following the bill, Struck said yesterday (Sunday) in an interview here B. "Let's go for a second to the doctor who needs a little treatment, one way or another, it doesn't matter, that goes against his religious belief, as long as there are enough other doctors who can provide this service, he shouldn't be forced." .
In the agreement reached last week between the Likud and Torah Judaism, it was established that private businesses could refuse to provide a service or sell a product due to the seller's religious beliefs.
A member of Struck's party, MK Simcha Rothman, also referred to the proposal to amend the law to prohibit discrimination yesterday in an interview here. When asked if the owner of a religious hotel could not host a group of gays, Rothman replied: "If this is against your faith and this thing hurts your religious feelings And it's your private hotel, the answer is yes, it's the law." Rothman added that the bill states that "when there is a religious prohibition of a person from performing a certain action, it will be permissible for him not to provide service and not to force him to do something that is contrary to his faith."
The words of the members of the Knesset from religious Zionism caused a great storm.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid said in reference to Struck and Rothman's words that "Netanyahu is weak and is leading us to a dark halachic state. He doesn't even condemn these dark statements because he is incapable."
Great anger also arose among the members of the right-wing camp.
Following the storm, Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu commented on Struck's words and said that the words "are not acceptable to me and my friends in Likud".
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