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Amir Ohana

Israel to Appoint First Openly Gay Interior Minister 

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

Israel's Deputy Prime Minister

Israeli Minister Accused of Sexual Misconduct to Resign

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