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In 1998, Benizri called for [[Dana International]] to be disqualified from the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], which she went on to win. He stated, "The Eurovision Song Contest interests me about as much as the weather in Antarctica, but as a son of the Jewish people it [Dana International's transsexuality] offends me."<ref name="dana">{{cite web|url = http://www.jewcy.com/post/what_eurovision_teaches_us_about_israel|title =What Eurovision Teaches Us About Israel |author = Shinefield, Mordechai |date =2008-06-10| work=Jewcy.com | accessdate=2012-01-12 }}</ref>
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=
In 2004, during [[The Passion of the Christ]] controversy when several Shas members wanted to have the film banned in Israel for [[Anti-Semitism]], 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 }}</ref>
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