Page 11
-
Israel honors gay Holocaust victims in first national memorial
TEL AVIV — A new monument to pay tribute to Jewish and non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust who were persecuted by the Nazis for their sexual orientation has been unveiled in Tel Aviv.
-
Israeli president Shimon Peres endorses same-sex marriage
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday endorsed same-sex marriage, saying “we must allow everyone to live as is natural to them.”
-
Pair of male, TV ad puppets electrify Israeli gay rights debate
JERUSALEM — The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel – but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called “plug” and “socket” have instead unleashed a debate about gay pride.
-
U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv issues first visas to married, same-sex couples
TEL AVIV, Israel — The U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday issued the first derivative visas to same-sex spouses.
-
Prosecutor: Shooter in attack on Tel Aviv youth center motivated by anti-gay bias
TEL AVIV — Israel’s state prosecution said Monday that the suspect in the 2009 deadly attack on a gay youth center in Tel Aviv has confessed that the shooting was motivated by anti-gay bias.
-
Middle East Gay Pride and LGBT safety exist only in Israel
Sexual minorities are as unwelcome in the Middle East as are religious minorities. Just as the Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East are generally hostile to Christians, Jews, Bahá’ís, Zoroastrians, and other religious minorities, they are even less welcoming of non-heterosexuals. Except in Israel. And yet it is Israel — absurdly enough — that is consistently singled out for excoriation by human rights groups, college campus activists, and other ostensibly well-meaning individuals.
-
Israeli police say 2009 killings at gay youth center were not a hate crime
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say the killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime.
-
Israeli police arrest three suspects in 2009 shooting at gay youth center
TEL AVIV — Israeli police have arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting at Tel-Aviv’s gay youth center that took place in 2009. The three suspects were arrested Wednesday and will appear in court Thursday for a remand hearing.
-
Iranian news agency accuses Israel, U.S., U.K. of ‘spreading homosexuality’ globally
QOM, Iran — The Mashregh News, a state-controlled Iranian media outlet, has published a report asserting that the “Zionist regime” of Israel, along with Jews in the U.S. and the United Kingdom were financing efforts to “spread homosexuality” across the globe.
-
Israeli politician: Army must not enlist gays
JERUSALEM — In an interview broadcasted yesterday in the parliamentary Knesset Channel, Member of Knesset Uri Ariel from the right-wing National Union party said that he is against the Israeli army’s policy of enlisting LGBT people.