Far-right Likud MK declares he is no longer a homophobe

Moshe Feiglin, who once called himself a proud homophobe, tries to embrace gay community, but still opposes gay marriage and same-sex parenting.

By Ilan Lior | 05:47 08.02.13 |

Text size

this story is by

Ilan Lior

related tags

Israel gay pride

Likud

Far-right Likud MK Moshe Feiglin tried to make amends with Israel's gay community on Thursday, meeting with homosexuals from across the political spectrum at the Tel Aviv branch of the Israeli LGBT Association, Bar-Noar.

The full text is available for subscribers & registered users.

Click here to subscribe ($1 for the first 4 weeks)
register (free access for 10 stories a month) or

comments

thank you

Your talkback has been submitted successfully.
If selected for publication, it will appear as soon as possible on Haaretz.com.

Reply again

Haaretz Select

A young Egyptian boy waves a national flag - AP - December 4, 2012.

Egypt's songs of revolution have given way to a literature of despair

Two years after the stormy demonstrations at Tahrir Square, President Mohammed Morsi's failure to offer hope has given rise to a genre devoted to Egypt's grim future.

By Zvi Bar'el | Middle East

Defining Zionism: The belief that Israel belongs to the entire Jewish people

By A.B. Yehoshua | Opinion | 29

A gun massacre in Israel: If an entire nation had PTSD, would it feel like this?

By Bradley Burston | A Special Place in Hell | 10

In one hard-knock British city, a secret Muslim donor helps save a synagogue

By Hadani Ditmars | Jewish World Features | 6

Bibi, bed and beyond: Israelis, the joke's on you

The OECD report naming Israel as the poorest country in the West coincided with yet another expenses scandal involving Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu.

By Asher Schechter | Features

U.S. Reform Jewish seminary reconsidering policy against intermarried students

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Jewish World Features | 17

Poem of the Week / Salman Masalha and a seaview apartment called homeland

By Vivian Eden | Poem of the Week

From Haifa suburb street punk to IDF combat soldier to modern dancer

By Shir Hacham | Culture

National

Beetle infestation threatening date palms

By Zafrir Rinat | 04:11 AM

Israel announces new gun-control rules after Be'er Sheva bank shooting

By Gili Cohen, Yaniv Kubovich | 03:25 AM

Student demonstration at Tel Aviv University against handling of sexual harassment complaints.

Knesset gives Council for Higher Education three months to draft rules on sexual harassment in academia

By Yarden Skop | 02:11 AM

Few math degrees plus little teacher training equals bad Israeli math teachers

By Yarden Skop | 01:20 AM

Facebook

Activity
Recommendations

Far-right Likud MK declares he is no longer a homophobe

Moshe Feiglin, who once called himself a proud homophobe, tries to embrace gay community, but still opposes gay marriage and same-sex parenting.

REPLY TO THIS TALKBACK