Gay marriage isn't even legal in Israel so I'm not sure why anyone would be shocked

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 66%. (I'm a bot)

> JERUSALEM - Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the prospective government's hardline makeup.

> Netanyahu's Likud party announced Sunday that the agreement names Noam faction leader Avi Maoz as a deputy minister whose portfolio includes an office bolstering Jewish identity among Israelis.

> Netanyahu's Likud party has yet to finalize its coalition agreement with all its prospective allies and form a government.

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Man how long until pro-Israel people won’t be able to use the “only safe place in the Middle East for gay people” talking point any more

Depends on when being gay is safe on other places, because israel will probably stay safe place in the middle east for at least 50 more years, and 1 man party (out of 120) joining the coalition probably won't change it.

You actually would like gays to lose rights just to win that internet argument?

Hmm no not really. Much more a comment on the fragility of the excuses Israel supporters use to whitewash the right wing state. “Safest place in the Middle East for gays” is an incredibly fragile justification for a violent colonial state, and this move demonstrates that fragility.