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Amir Ohana

Amir Ohana is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Likud Party who currently serves as the country's Knesset speaker. 

In the past, Ohana held other top roles, specifically as justice minister and public security minister.

Ohana is the first openly gay Israel lawmaker to have a ministerial role or become Knesset speaker and lives with his husband and two children in Tel Aviv.

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 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the entrance to the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023.

MK demands urgent Knesset debate over Ben-Gvir's intervention in police operations

Israel's Knesset speaker Ohana discusses Biden letter with US counterpart MikeMike Johnson.

Knesset speaker Ohana discusses Biden admin. 30-day deadline with US's Mike Johnson

 The newly planned Knesset memorial for Israeli terror victims.

Knesset remembers: Memorial for victims of terror to be established in Knesset plaza

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei. September 20, 2024.

Ohana and Milei discuss Hezbollah, hostages in Buenos Aires meeting

 The inauguration ceremony of the Israeli embassy in Asunción, Paraguay. September 18, 2024.

Amir Ohana, Paraguay President Peña christen new Israeli embassy with Mezuzah from Kfar Aza

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana speaking to Paraguay's Parliament, September 17, 2024.

'These are our children': Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana honors hostages at Paraguay Parliament

 MK Oded Forer speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, February 7, 2024.

'Connect to the cries of the people': MK Forer requests cancellation of Knesset summer recess

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana (left) and Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar (right.

Jerusalem chief rabbi refuses to shake gay Knesset speaker's hand

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 US REPRESENTATIVE Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,’ on December 5

Rep. Stefanik in Knesset: 'No excuse' for a US president to halt aid to Israel

Shira, a Californian-born Israeli sharpshooter from the coed Bardelas Battalion, who served in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, leans on a wall near Israel's border with Egypt in southern Israel. February 21, 2024

Independence means having the freedom to defend ourselves - Netanyahu

 French President Emmanuel Macron met with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on April 10, 2024.

Macron to Knesset Speaker Ohana: 'We warned Iran against attacking Israel'

(Left) Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, APril 8, 2024

Knesset speaker Ohana meets with German President Steinmeier, Bundestag President Bas

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a plenum session for Israeli Knesset's 75th birthday, in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2024.

As IDF soldiers fight on, Israeli parties call to cancel Knesset spring recess

Israeli rescue forces and police near the scene of a stampede that killed dozens and wounded dozens over 100 during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021

From Meron to Oct. 7: What does ‘responsibility’ mean?

Israeli rescue forces and police near the scene after a stampede killed dozens during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron on April 30, 2021.

Lapid: Netanyahu is responsible for Meron deaths, should step down

 KNESSET SPEAKER Amir Ohana meets with US House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier this month.

Israel to receive US aid 'very quickly' despite House delay, Knesset speaker says

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference about the Gaza war late last year

Netanyahu seeks to plug leaks with legal action against journalists

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is seen at a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness standard bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on July 23, 2023.

Knesset speaker projects unity during trip to US despite division, criticism