
Netanyahu, long a supporter of LGBTQ rights, courts homophobes and racists in bid to cling to power
CNN
In the past, Benjamin Netanyahu has championed LGBTQ rights. His party's Knesset members have also walked out of the chamber when racist politicians on the extreme right have taken the floor. Not, it seems, anymore.
For the traditional Israeli supporter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the electoral meal he now offers includes medieval fare -- dishes bitter with racism and homophobia. But for the Likud, under Netanyahu, this seems to be a meal its members are prepared to consume out of political desperation. In the past the party, and its leader, have championed LGBTQ rights. Its Knesset members have also walked out of the chamber when racist politicians on the extreme right have taken the floor.
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