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In 2001, he was accused of [[racism]] after he said, "I just don't understand why a restaurant needs a slant-eye to serve me my meal."<ref>{{cite news|last=Derfner |first=Larry |title=They serve, suffer and still root for us |date=2002-07-11 |work=The Jerusalem Post |url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1025787760816 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20030426020943/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1025787760816 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-04-26 |accessdate=2012-01-13 }}</ref>
In 2004, during "[[The Passion of the Christ]]" controversy, when several Shas members wanted to have the film banned in Israel for [[anti-Semitism|antisemitism]], Benizri disagreed, and said that, "the Jews did kill Jesus", reportedly elaborating that Jesus was put to death according to [[Sanhedrin]] tradition: "They [the Jews] took him [Jesus] up to a high roof, and threw him crashing to the ground. Afterwards, they hung his body on wooden beams in the shape of a 'T', but not, as the Christian legends say, that he was crucified. That's nonsense." Benizri also claims that Jesus' death was an internal Jewish affair. "What is there to deny? We're talking about a yeshiva student who left Judaism, and the Sanhedrin put him to death."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/AntiSemi/3360.htm |work=[[israelinsider]] |title=Anti-Semitism: One Shas MK says ban "Passion", another says "Jews did kill Jesus" |accessdate=2008-06-30 |date=2004-02-26 |author=Shuman, Ellis |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305005029/http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/AntiSemi/3360.htm |archivedate=2008-03-05 }}</ref>
In 2008, Benizri blamed several earthquakes in the region on Israel's tolerance of homosexuality.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7255657.stm| title= Israeli MP blames quakes on gays| date= 2008-02-20 | work= BBC News| accessdate=2012-01-12 }}</ref>
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