
TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed his Likud party’s first openly gay lawmaker as he was sworn in to the Knesset on Monday. It is rare for the prime minister to welcome new Knesset Members,
by Deborah Danan29 Dec 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

TEL AVIV – The Likud party tapped its first openly gay Knesset Member to take over as Interior Minister following former minister Silvan Shalom’s resignation. Amir Ohana, a lawyer, IDF reserve officer (pictured second from left), and veteran of the
by Deborah Danan21 Dec 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

JERUSALEM — A top official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government who has been accused of sexual misconduct said on Sunday that he would step down. The official, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli interior minister and deputy prime minister, has denied
by AP21 Dec 2015, 12:40 AM PST0