Amir Ohana to buy emptiness created by resignation of minister being investigated by police over alleged sexual harassmentIsrael will swear in the Likud party’s first openly gay member of the Knesset as a replacement for Silvan Shalom,who stood down on Sunday night as interior minister amid allegations that he had sexually harassed several women.
Amir Ohana, a lawyer, or is head of the lesbian,gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) caucus of the governing Likud party. Shalom’s decision to step down was not expected to affect the stability of the rightwing government of Binyamin Netanyahu.
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Source: theguardian.com