PR Magnate Rani Rahav Unleashes Scathing Attack on MK Yitzhak Pindrus
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Media personality Rani Rahav fiercely condemned MK Yitzhak Pindrus for remarks made about Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and the LGBTQ+ community. Pindrus had called support for Ohana a "glitch" and stated that promiscuity was more dangerous to Israel than terror groups. Rahav responded with a harsh personal attack on X, calling Pindrus a racist and defending Ohana and his partner. This incident echoes Rahav's 2022 condemnation of Avi Maoz for similar anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
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- PR executive Rani Rahav launched a severe personal attack on MK Yitzhak Pindrus.
- Pindrus's comments called support for Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana a "glitch" and promiscuity the greatest danger to Israel.
- Rahav called Pindrus "a piece of trash, a racist" and defended Ohana and his partner.
- Rahav cited historical figures like Arthur Finkelstein and J. Edgar Hoover as examples of closeted homophobes.
- This follows Rahav's 2022 condemnation of Avi Maoz for anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.
Prominent Israeli media figure Rani Rahav has launched a furious personal attack on Member of Knesset Yitzhak Pindrus, following controversial remarks made by Pindrus about Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and the LGBTQ+ community. The controversy ignited after Channel 12 News aired a clip from June 2023 where Pindrus referred to the support of Haredi factions for Ohana's speakership as a "glitch swallowed in coalition agreements" and a "desecration of God's name that has a price."
Pindrus also stated that "the most dangerous thing for the State of Israel, the most dangerous, more than ISIS, more than Hezbollah, more than Hamas, is the promiscuity, because that is what is written in the Torah. I must prevent not only the Pride Parade but prevent this movement altogether." These statements drew Rahav's ire, prompting him to post a blistering tirade on his X account, defending Ohana and his partner Alon Haddad.
Rahav called Pindrus "a piece of trash, a racist!" and "the most racist and trashy kind there is!!!" He questioned Pindrus's audacity in opposing Ohana after voting for him four years prior. Rahav contrasted Pindrus's alleged lack of values with those of Ohana and Haddad, noting their military service and their children's comprehensive education, implying Pindrus's children were less educated. Rahav further lambasted Pindrus as a "man of darkness," wishing divine punishment upon him and praising the LGBTQ+ community in Israel for its "purity in success and giving," contrasting it with Pindrus, whom he called a "freeloader."
Rahav also alluded to the presence of gay individuals within the Haredi community and suggested that homophobes are often closeted homosexuals, citing historical figures like Arthur Finkelstein and J. Edgar Hoover as examples. This is not Rahav's first public condemnation of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric; in 2022, he vehemently denounced Avi Maoz, then-designated deputy minister, for classifying media figures based on their sexual orientation, calling Maoz an "evil man" who should publicly apologize.
The current confrontation with Pindrus, following the past clash with Maoz, underscores Rahav's consistent stance against discriminatory discourse in Israeli politics.
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