Israeli far-right lawmaker Avi Maoz accused the Justice Ministry of attempting to normalize pedophilia within the country by altering Israel’s age of consent laws.

Currently, the age of consent in Israel is 16 for all genders. However, that age of consent can go as low as 14, provided the other sexual partner was no more than three years older and both parties consented.

But according to Maoz, the Justice Ministry is trying to change this to an age gap of five years.

This isn’t the first time Maoz has brought up pedophilia as a potential problem facing the Jewish state.

Maoz has also referred to members of the LGBTQ+ community as “perverts and pedophiles.”

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Funny, it is always rightwingers and religious people doing things like that for some reasons…

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      6 hours ago

      That’s the fun part. Israel went so far right that the guy calling this out is “far-right” we’ve reached new levels of right wing

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      2 hours ago

      Nah, I disagree, you’re being narrow minded. Now, change rightwing and religious for “people in positions of power” and…