Education minister defends ‘gay conversion therapy’.

Rafi Peretz was appointed Israel's education minister in June. (Image copyright AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz has said he believes so-called “gay conversion therapy” can work, triggering widespread condemnation.

“I think it’s possible,” Mr Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi, told Israel’s Channel 12 TV channel. He added that he had “a very deep…