A Paltian artist whose mural of a rabow on Israel's Wt Bank separatn barrier was whewashed by anti-gay protters says his work sparked a rare bate among Paltians about gay rights.
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- SHOCK, QUTNS AFTER GOME KILLG OF GAY PALTIAN
- EXPLORG GAY PALTE
- RABOW ON WT BANK BARRIER SPARKS PALTIAN BATE ON GAY RIGHTS
- PALTIAN AUTHORY BANS ACTIVI BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP
SHOCK, QUTNS AFTER GOME KILLG OF GAY PALTIAN
LGBT Rights Palte: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay rights west bank *
JERUSALEM (AP) — The severed head and pated torso of a 25-year-old Paltian were disvered on the si of a road the occupied Wt Bank, police said Friday, nfirmg gome tails of a killg that shocked Paltian acunts that the victim, Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, was a gay man who feared persecutn for his sexualy and had sought asylum Israel two years ago turned the terrible crime to a socially and polilly explosive se. Homosexualy remas eply taboo the Paltian terrori, where tradnal norms play a proment role social and polil life.
EXPLORG GAY PALTE
"Meet me at Arafat Square,” my gay Paltian iend Najeeb texted me, “I’ll take you to one of the queer fés Ramallah.” * gay rights west bank *
LGBTQ anizatns and emergency shelters helpg gay asylum seekers said they knew he was gay and sperate to pe the Paltian terrori, where he was a target.
Ra Petrenko, founr of Al Ba Al Mokhtalef, an Israeli gay rights anizatn terg to the Arab muny, said Abu Murkhiyeh’s fear was distct when they met 2020.
RABOW ON WT BANK BARRIER SPARKS PALTIAN BATE ON GAY RIGHTS
“The suatn was horrible for all of them, ” said Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuh, an Arab member of the Israeli Knset who petned the Supreme Court to grant gay Paltian asylum seekers work equently promot s tolerance on issu of sexual orientatn, spe the rejectn of homosexualy ultra-Orthodox Jewish muni. But Tel Aviv is proud of s reputatn as a top statn for gay and lbian travelers.
Paltian Authory police 2019 barred gay and transgenr rights group om holdg events the Wt Bank and threatened to arrt participants. Gay people wh Israel’s Arab mory have also faced vlence and ostracism their Bank Paltians like Abu Murkhiyeh have long have crossed to Israel to live openly. 1) Wh rpect to the Paltian Authory: credible reports of unlawful or arbrary killgs by Paltian Authory officials; torture or cel, human, or gradg treatment or punishment by Paltian Authory officials; arbrary arrt or tentn; polil prisoners and tae; signifint problems wh the pennce of the judiciary; arbrary or unlawful terference wh privacy; ser rtrictns on ee exprsn and media, cludg vlence, threats of vlence, unjtified arrts and prosecutns agast journalists, and censorship; ser rtrictns on ter eedom; substantial terference wh the eedom of peaceful assembly and eedom of associatn, cludg harassment of nonernmental anizatns; ser and unreasonable rtrictns on polil participatn, sce the Paltian Authory has not held a natnal electn sce 2006; ser ernment rptn; lack of vtigatn of and acuntabily for genr-based vlence; crim, vlence, and threats of vlence motivated by anti-Semism; crim volvg vlence and threats of vlence targetg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or tersex persons; and reports of the worst forms of child labor.
PALTIAN AUTHORY BANS ACTIVI BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP
2) Wh rpect to Hamas: credible reports of unlawful or arbrary killgs by Hamas personnel; torture or cel, human, or gradg treatment or punishment by Hamas personnel; unjt tentn; polil prisoners or tae; ser problems wh the pennce of the judiciary; arbrary or unlawful terference wh privacy; ser rtrictns on ee exprsn and media, cludg vlence, threats of vlence, unjtified arrts and prosecutns agast journalists, censorship, and the existence of crimal libel and slanr laws; ser rtrictns on ter eedom; substantial terference wh the eedom of peaceful assembly and eedom of associatn; ser and unreasonable rtrictns on polil participatn bee there has been no natnal electn sce 2006; ser ernment rptn; lack of vtigatn of and acuntabily for genr-based vlence; crim, vlence, and threats of vlence motivated by anti-Semism; unlawful recment and e of child soldiers; crim volvg vlence and threats of vlence targetg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or tersex persons; and the worst forms of child labor. Some lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Paltians were able to obta a temporary perm om the Coordatn of Government Activi the Terrori (COGAT) allowg them to stay Israel whout thorizatn to work or to accs social servic.
Homosexualy⚢Vari by RegnGay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorshipVari by RegnNon-bary genr regnnUnknownDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not bannedAge of ConsentVari by Regn. Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnAcceptance of Homosexualy (Arab untri)?
(95%) No / Unsure / Did Not Answer"Should society accept homosexualy? Perceived Acceptance of Gay People? HistoryHomosexual activy Palte?