Israel

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Added on: 07/22/2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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