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Added on: 09/20/2019

FEWER FEMALE, LGBT MEMBERS IN NEW KNESSET

09/20/2019

The 22nd Knesset will have eight new members and nine MKs returning after a hiatus when it is inaugurated on October 3, a final count of 4,440,141…

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Added on: 08/26/2019

Israeli Arabs indicted for attempted honor killing of gay teen

08/26/2019

Three Israeli Arab men from northern Israel were indicted in Tel Aviv Sunday in connection with the stabbing of a gay teenager in Tel Aviv last month,…

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Added on: 08/20/2019

PA BANS LGBTQ ACTIVITIES IN WEST BANK

08/19/2019

The Palestinian Authority banned members of the Palestinian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank. The ban…

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Added on: 08/14/2019

Far-right anti-gay party links LGBT, Reform Jews to Nazis

08/14/2019

A new campaign video by the Noam party, which went viral on Tuesday evening among Hebrew-speaking social media users, compares Reform Jews, left-wing activists and gay rights…

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Added on: 08/08/2019

IDF moves to expand integration of transgender troops

08/07/2019

Israel’s army is taking into account a slow but steady growth in number of transgender soldiers going through sex change processes before or during their military service,…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Police arrest 3rd suspect in Arab LGBT youth’s stabbing

08/02/2019

Police on Thursday arrested a third suspect in a stabbing last Friday in Tel Aviv that left an LGBT teen from the Arab town of Tamra seriously…

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Added on: 07/22/2019

CONVERSION THERAPY BECOMES KEY TO ELECTIONS

07/22/2019

When Bayit Yehudi leader Rafi Peretz apologized for speaking in favor of conversion therapy for the LGBT community, he might have thought he had put the issue…

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Added on: 07/19/2019

CONVERSION THERAPY CAN KILL: RELIGIOUS LGBT COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT

07/19/2019

A 20-year-old religious Zionist yeshiva student from Jerusalem, who asked to remain anonymous, said he wanted to cry when he heard Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz say…

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Added on: 07/15/2019

HUNDREDS PROTEST IN TEL AVIV AFTER ISRAELI EDUCATION MINISTER PRAISES GAY CONVERSION THERAPY

07/14/2019

LGBT activists in Israel are calling for the resignation of Education Minister Rafi Peretz after he claimed gay conversion therapy could work. “I think it’s possible,” Peretz,…

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Added on: 06/21/2019

Israeli city Raanana holds its first gay pride parade

06/20/2019

The central Israeli bedroom community of Raanana held its first Pride march. Up to 3,000 people took part in the parade in the city of some 80,000…

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Added on: 06/17/2019

Male couple refused entry to restaurant ‘because a couple is a man and woman’

06/16/2019

A male couple were told they couldn’t dine at a restaurant in the northern city of Nazareth Illit because the special event was reserved for families and…

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Added on: 06/09/2019

Outcry after police drug raid on Tel Aviv gay club ahead of Pride week

06/08/2019

Police in Tel Aviv raided a gay club on Friday night and arrested the owner and another worker after drugs were found on the premises. Fourteen other…

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Added on: 06/07/2019

First openly gay minister shrugs off jeers at Jerusalem pride march

06/06/2019

A day after being appointed as the first openly gay minister in the country’s history, Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana attempted to brush off an unwelcome reception at…

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Added on: 06/05/2019

Far-right extremists vow to disrupt Jerusalem Pride Parade

06/04/2019

The leader of a far right-wing group said Tuesday his organization plans to disrupt this week’s Jerusalem Pride Parade in order to fight what he called “LGBT…

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Added on: 05/28/2019

Jerusalem chief rabbi urges mayor not to put up LGBT flags that ‘mar’ the city

05/27/2019

Jerusalem’s chief rabbi on Monday sent a formal letter to Mayor Moshe Lion asking him to prevent LGBT flags from being put up ahead of the annual…

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Added on: 05/27/2019

Jerusalem Pride organizers reject police proposal to ID participants

05/27/2019

The organizers of the Jerusalem Pride parade said Monday that they would not accept a police proposal to ID participants upon their entrance at next week’s demonstration….

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Added on: 05/22/2019

IDF drops traditional parental identifications

05/21/2019

After an ongoing campaign by “LGBT” organizations, the IDF has decided to make a revolutionary change and relinquish the definitions of “Mother” and “Father” in favor of…

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Added on: 04/13/2019

New Knesset sets record for most LGBT members

04/13/2019

Israel’s elections on Tuesday resulted in what will likely be a fifth term for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – but there were a number of firsts as…

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Added on: 04/07/2019

Netanyahu refuses to commit to LGBT agenda

04/07/2019

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hosted a group of representatives of the LGBT community at the Prime Minister’s Residence on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by the…

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Added on: 03/29/2019

LGBT refugee leader steps down

03/27/2019

The Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration’s founder and leader announced he would be stepping down from the LGBT-focused organization after a decade of advocating for queers…

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Added on: 03/10/2019

Rabbi Sadan: Silencing LGBT debate endangers democracy

03/07/2019

Rabbi Eli Sadan, the head of the pre-military preparatory committee, compared the silence surrounding the Muslim immigration process imposed on the public in Europe to the public…

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Added on: 02/24/2019

Hazon’s aggressive anti-Left, anti-LGBT campaign draws backlash, support

02/24/2019

“A father and a mother = a family. The courage to be normal.” Thus read a large banner displayed on a hotel near the entrance to Jerusalem….

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Added on: 02/14/2019

Israeli Politician Shlomo Karhi says Pride Parades are ‘against nature’

02/12/2019

Israeli politician Shlomo Karhi has been condemned for saying Pride parades “legitimise something that is contrary to the natural family unit.” Karhi, who will be a candidate…

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Added on: 02/11/2019

LGBTQ HATE INCIDENTS UP 54% IN 2018

02/10/2019

Harassment of members of the LGBTQ community increased dramatically in 2018, with a 54% increase in reported incidents of homophobia, the Nir Katz Center revealed on Sunday…

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Added on: 01/11/2019

Israeli Doctors Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Gay People

01/10/2019

A ban on conversion therapy by Israeli doctors will help protect gay people from treatments that claim to make them straight, but more work needs to be…

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Added on: 12/19/2018

Anti-LGBT campaign in Israel brands same-sex love as ‘poison’

12/18/2018

A religious group in Israel has launched a new anti-LGBT+ campaign which brands same-sex love as “poison” and advocates for conversion therapy. The campaign – which has…

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Added on: 12/13/2018

Israel Supreme Court: Both Same-Sex Partners Named On Adoption Certificate

12/13/2018

The names of both parents who adopt a baby in Israel must be registered on its birth certificate even if both parents are the same sex. Israel’s…

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Added on: 12/11/2018

New Israeli religious group aims to combat LGBTs for ‘destroying family values’

12/11/2018

A new religious group will launch a campaign on Tuesday against the LGBT+ community and in support of the “traditional family,” and plans to hold a demonstration…

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Added on: 01/31/2018

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