Israel Prents Itself As Haven For Gay Communy : NPR

Contents:

• ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH
• LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL
• ISRAEL PRENTS ITSELF AS HAVEN FOR GAY COMMUNY
• GAY FRIENDLY PRIVATE TOUR GUI - ISRAEL FOM
• GAY-IENDLY TOURS OF ISRAEL? - ISRAEL FOM
• GAY ISRAEL
• GAY TRAVEL ISRAEL PRI AND HERAGE CULTURAL TOUR

ISRAEL IS THE GAYT UNTRY ON EARTH

(JTA) — The mister holdg the untry’s purse strgs lls himself a “proud homophobe. “The majory of the gay muny Israel is feelg very unsafe, ” said Hila Peer, the chairwoman of Aguda-The Associatn for LGBTQ Equaly Israel. “You have at least an tentn to legislate laws that are dire for the gay muny.

LGBTQ . REVEALS ISRAEL'S MOST GAY-IENDLY CI PRI MONTH POLL

Netanyahu and others his aln say they are mted to protectg gay rights, but the volatile polil suatn means the future is hard to predict. Israel is known as a gay haven the Middle East, and Tel Aviv is equently ced as one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, wh a Pri para that draws hundreds of thoands of revelers om Israel and abroad.

A rarely enforced ban on homosexual relatns was taken off the books 1988, and the army began allowg openly gay service members 1993 — the same year the U. Armed forc adopted a policy permtg gay service members only if they remaed closeted. Dpe the legal protectns, LGBTQ Israelis have long faced opposn om wh the haredi Orthodox sector, where rabbis veigh agast homosexualy and policians have vowed to n the untry acrdg to Orthodox terpretatns of Jewish law.

The Relig Znist Party, one of three the Relig Znist Bloc, is led by Bezalel Smotrich, who has lled himself a “proud homophobe” and has envisned Israel as a theocracy. He lled the ia of lettg medil provirs ny re to LGBTQ patients “unacceptable” and has appoted a close ally who is gay, Amir Ohana, as Knset speaker. “A Sephardi or a tradnal Jew, do you thk he r about gays?

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT CI ISRAEL

“I’m a fascist homophobe, but I’m a man of my word, ” he said. “I won’t stone gays. LGBTQ Israelis are playg a ccial role the mountg anti-ernment protts, activatg a work that put some 100, 000 people the streets 2018 after Netanyahu voted agast a bill to allow gay upl to e surrogacy.

ISRAEL PRENTS ITSELF AS HAVEN FOR GAY COMMUNY

Over the past few years, the Tel Aviv Municipaly has been makg many efforts to cement Tel Aviv’s stat as one of the world’s most gay-iendly ci. Tel Aviv, which has already been acknowledged as the world’s most gay-iendly cy will ntue to be a lighthoe cy – spreadg the valu of eedom, tolerance and mocracy to the world.

In another survey, this time nducted wh gay travellers back 2012 by Amerin Airl and, 43% voted Tel Aviv as the world’s bt gay travel statn, way ahead of New York, Toronto, São Plo and Madrid. The ultimate gay travel statn The Tel Aviv Municipaly is workg hard to promote the cy’s image as one of the most gay-iendly ci the world, and this n be reflected many of s iativ and public events. It’s no surprise that Tel Aviv is such a popular LGBTQ travel statn, wh gay hotels, bars, beach and gyms loted across the cy.

GAY FRIENDLY PRIVATE TOUR GUI - ISRAEL FOM

I thk we n all agree that homosexuals have been, and ntue to be, one of the most vulnerable groups any society. This is also nsired by most – pecially today’s youth – to be the fg civil rights issue of our time, so let’s take a look how both Israelis and Paltians treat the gay people their rpective societi. Gay Paltians are often arrted and tortured.

“Tarek, a young Paltian gay man spected of homosexualy, was sentenced to a “retn” mp n by Mlim clerics unr Paltian Authory jurisdictn. – Paltian Authory tak part wispread and sadistic timidatn, torture, imprisonment and aths of gays. – Gay Paltian men are riskg their liv to cross to Israel, claimg they feel safer among Israelis than their own people.

GAY-IENDLY TOURS OF ISRAEL? - ISRAEL FOM

There are now 300 gay Paltian men secretly livg and workg Israel. – Gay Christian Paltian who fled the PA for Israel, criciz the opprsive Paltian society and says, ntrast, Israel allows gays the “eedom to exprs (their) sex and take pri ”.

GAY ISRAEL

The are jt a few of the many stori we uld list here to highlight Paltian btaly toward homosexuals, however the most famo persecuted gay Paltian is for sure John Calv, who was raised a pro-Hamas fay the Wt Bank. In his recent blog post, he begs for asylum Canada as they prepare to port him back to the Paltian terrori, where is more than certa that he will suffer the same fate of so many other outed gays that me before him, and had the unlucky fortune to be born to one of the most sadistic societi the world when to their treatment of homosexuals.

That’s jt a small be of how Israel treats s homosexual cizens. – Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights Israel have generally been seen as some of the most advanced the Middle East and Asia.

– Gays and lbians are also allowed to serve openly the ary.

GAY TRAVEL ISRAEL PRI AND HERAGE CULTURAL TOUR

– Tel Aviv has equently been referred to by publishers as one of the most gay iendly ci the world, famo for s annual Pri Para and gay beach, earng the nickname “the gay pal of the Middle East” by Out magaze.