{
  "id": 14711784,
  "title": "UTJ’s MK Pindrus calls LGBT Knesset Speaker Ohana a 'desecration,' Aguda files ethics complaint",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/utjs-mk-pindrus-calls-lgbt-knesset-speaker-ohana-a-desecration-aguda",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:14:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-911831"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "MK Yitzhak Pindrus, third on the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) list, criticized the election of Amir Ohana as Knesset Speaker in an interview on the Al HaPerek podcast. Pindrus expressed his belief that selecting a Knesset Speaker affiliated with the LGBT community was a desecration of God's name. He claimed that the decision was made without the approval of the Gedolei Yisrael.\n\nIn response to Pindrus' remarks, Nimrod Gorenstein, chair of the Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel (Aguda), stated that Pindrus, who once called his fellow Knesset members \"more dangerous than Hamas,\" is now attempting to keep LGBTQ individuals out of key public positions. Gorenstein accused Pindrus of using them and intensifying hatred to gain votes just weeks before the elections.\n\nFollowing the controversy, the Aguda filed an official complaint with the Knesset Ethics Committee.",
  "summary": "There is one thing that, in my opinion, was a mishap: at the beginning of the term, they voted for a Knesset Speaker, and I think there was a desecration of God's name in it,\" said Pindrus.",
  "key_points": [
    "UTJ MK Pindrus condemned Ohana's Knesset Speaker election as desecration.",
    "Aguda filed ethics complaint against Pindrus over his remarks.",
    "Pindrus previously called fellow Knesset members \"more dangerous than Hamas\"."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}