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Rafi Peretz
Rafi Peretz (Wikipedia/Author:IDF/Source: Chief Military Rabbi Hands IDF Chief of Staff the Four Species)
January 14, 2020, 3:10 pm
Israeli education minister under fire for suggesting homosexuality is unnatural
In response to Rafi Peretz' controversial remarks, numerous Israeli authorities instructed schools to discuss equal rights
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
August 29, 2019, 12:47 pm
Special Report: Does Bibi still have the upper hand? Israel decides, again
With just under three weeks until the second Israeli election of 2019, we take a look at the major players seeking power and whether the incumbent PM Bibi Netanyahu can hang on
By Stephen Oryszczuk
July 31, 2019, 9:45 am
OPINION: Israeli parties go merger mad
Ahead of September's Israeli election, James Sorene of Bicom reflects on the spate of mergers in an attempt to topple Bibi Netanyahu
By James Sorene
Ayelet Shaked
July 29, 2019, 5:20 pm
Ayelet Shaked will head joint list of right-wing parties
Former justice minister will take the reins from controversial rabbi Rafi Peretz ahead of the September election
By JTA
Rabbi Shlomo Amar
July 25, 2019, 12:33 pm
Jerusalem chief rabbi says homosexuality is ‘a wild lust to be overcome’
Sephardi leader Rabbi Shlomo Amar makes controversial comments, saying those who claim to be gay and religious should 'cast off their kippah and Shabbat'
By JTA
Rafi Peretz (Wikipedia/Author:IDF/Source: Chief Military Rabbi Hands IDF Chief of Staff the Four Species)
July 19, 2019, 1:09 pm
Israeli education minister walks back calling intermarriage a second Holocaust
Rafi Peretz says his controversial remarks, which were widely condemned, was 'not an appropriate term to use'
By JTA
July 17, 2019, 2:08 pm
OPINION: I survived abusive religious ‘conversion’ therapy
In wake of homophobic remarks by Israeli minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz, Joe Hyman reflects on having gone through a painful process that some don't survive
By Joe Hyman
Rafi Peretz (Wikipedia/Author:IDF/Source: Chief Military Rabbi Hands IDF Chief of Staff the Four Species)
July 15, 2019, 3:13 pm
Netanyahu condemns Israeli education minister over ‘conversion therapy’ remark
Prime Minister says he spoke to Rafi Peretz and told him his comments are 'unacceptable' and 'do not reflect the position of the government'
By JTA
Rafi Peretz (Wikipedia/Author:IDF/Source: Chief Military Rabbi Hands IDF Chief of Staff the Four Species)
July 10, 2019, 8:54 pm
Israeli education minister says intermarriage in US is ‘like a second Holocaust’
Rafi Peretz, a former chief rabbi of the Israeli army, made the statement at a Cabinet meeting
By JTA
Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI
April 4, 2019, 3:40 pm
Braced for battle of the Benjamins
With five days until the Israeli election and voters set to choose from an array of parties, political consultant Jodie Cohen delivers her verdict on the key issues facing voters
By Jodie Cohen
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