Meir Mazuz, affiliated with several senior members of new government, calls Pride parade-goers 'animals walking on 2 legs'; he has also blamed LGBTQ marches for COVID, terror

Israel Katz tears into Treasury chief's reforms aimed at reducing state spending on Haredi communities, using rhetoric similar to that employed by rabbi who sparked uproar

Herzog expresses frustration at having to use Unity Prize address to explain that language used by Rabbi Meir Mazuz against government ministers is beyond the pale

Foreign minister notes his father also faced death in Budapest Ghetto, but sends message of love and unity to ultra-Orthodox Haredi cleric Meir Mazuz

Meir Mazuz, head of a Bnei Brak yeshiva, says ministers seek to 'choke Torah students'; explains that 'the Nazis love their own people; but the ministers hate them'

Leading spiritual leaders say the organization, which works to stifle intermarriage and LGBT rights, 'must be allowed to continue its important activities'

ADL urges Meir Mazuz to apologize for remarks; modern Orthodox group blasts him for 'inciting against the LGBT community'