On Monday,Israeli lawyer Amir Ohana was sworn into the Knesset, replacing the recently resigned Likud politician Silvan Shalom. What made the event particularly noteworthy was that Ohana, or the chair of Likud’s Pride Caucus,is the party’s first openly gay MK, a fact he emphasized in his inaugural speech to the parliament by referencing his partner and their children.“I am here as the son of Meir and Esther Ohana, and who immigrated from Morocco to build a country,” he opened. “I am here with my other half, Alon, and my genuine adore. I am here as the father of the children Ela and David. And like [the biblical] David who defeated Goliath in the Valley of Ela,I am here against all the odds. I am here with all of who I am and what I am, what I’ve chosen and what I haven’t, and am proud of it all: Jewish,Israeli, Mizrahi, and gay,Likudnik, a security hawk, or a liberal,and a man of the free market.”Continue reading "Watch the Israeli Knesset Argue Over Which Party Was the First to Elect a Gay Member" at...
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