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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 500

Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel - Aguda

An Israeli man wears a rainbow kippa during the annual Gay Pride march in Jerusalem on July 21, 2016. (Thomas COex/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Global LGBTQ group suspends Israeli organization, angering queer Jews and allies
After pressure from Israel critics, ILGA World says it both rejected Tel Aviv as potential site for upcoming event and froze Israeli umbrella group’s membership
By Andrew Lapin
A family at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, before the start of a hearing on the Child Adoption Law, on August 2, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 5:43 pm
High Court hears petition on adoption by LGBTQ couples: ‘Decision cannot be avoided’
Justice Uzi Vogelman says ruling on matter will be necessary as there is ‘no prospect that this will come to legislation’
By ToI Staff
Welfare Minister Ya'akov Margi at a Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 8, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:59 pm
Shas’s welfare minister to court: Same-sex adoption against child’s best interests
AG favors legislation that would broaden the interpretation of the current adoption law to includes same-sex couples
By ToI Staff
Two people embrace as they march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 1, 2023. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
June 27, 2023, 11:46 pm
Homophobic conference held in Jerusalem after two locales refuse to host
‘Even Yisrael’ event for educators, which encourages outlawed conversion therapy, picketed by pro-LGBTQ protesters
By ToI Staff
Thousands participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 5:15 pm
Homophobic conference’s claim to be recognized by Education Ministry sparks outrage
Ministry swiftly disavows gathering, as lawmakers and LGBTQ rights groups pan Even Yisrael teacher training event that includes panels featuring gay conversion therapy proponents
By ToI Staff
Sarit Ahmad, 18, whose brothers arranged for her murder due to her sexual orientation. She was shot to death in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 9, 2023, 8:08 pm
Woman, 18, shot dead in north; 99th victim of violence in Arab community this year
Hebrew media says victim Sarit Ahmad filed several police complaints against brothers, who had threatened her over her sexual identity
By ToI Staff
Graffiti found on the wall of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ Community Center, April 1, 2023. (Police)
April 2, 2023, 2:37 am
Slogan supporting late racist rabbi Meir Kahane found on LGBTQ center in Tel Aviv
‘Kahane lives’ scrawled on building’s exterior, later replaced with ‘the nation of Israel lives’; LGBTQ group says it fears it’s a ‘warning’ of things to come
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at a memorial event for former IDF chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, December 30, 2022 (Video screenshot)
December 30, 2022, 5:12 pm
As hard right takes power, president urges worried Israelis: Don’t say nation doomed
At public event, Herzog appears to criticize fiercest opponents of new Netanyahu government, while again beseeching the coalition to work on behalf of all citizens
By ToI Staff
Pro-LGBTQ demonstrators block a major highway in Tel Aviv as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds his first cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, December 29, 2002 (Kan TV screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2022, 9:11 pm
As Netanyahu holds first cabinet meeting, hundreds rally in support of LGBTQ rights
Protesters block major Tel Aviv highway, scuffle with police as new PM convenes his ministers in Jerusalem; head of LGBTQ group says ‘darkness has descended on the State of Israel’
By ToI Staff
Noam party leader Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 27, 2022, 11:35 pm
LGBTQ group asks attorney general to probe Noam over ‘blacklists’ of gay journalists
Aguda – Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel requests criminal investigation into far-right party, saying its recently unveiled lists break anti-harassment laws
By ToI Staff
People walk past an election campaign billboard showing Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli prime minister and the head of Likud party, in Bnei Brak, Israel, October 25, 2022. (Oded Balilty/AP)
November 15, 2022, 10:26 am
Israeli liberals fear new government will undo progress on social, climate issues
Members of emerging coalition under Netanyahu are vowing to roll back many achievements of predecessors covering environment, LGBTQ community and funding for Arab minority
By AP and ToI Staff
Former IDF chief of staff and Knesset candidate Gadi Eisenkot unveils the National Unity party's plan for improving Israel's internal security, October 18, 2022. (Elad Malka)
October 23, 2022, 12:38 pm
Eisenkot: ‘Waste of time’ to debate 2-state solution, LGBT rights a ‘personal issue’
No. 3 on National Unity electoral slate refuses to take firm position on number of matters; LGBT group: Party must address ‘discriminatory policy that has been going on for years’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Children cross a street after leaving school in Beit El on May 1, 2019. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
September 16, 2022, 5:46 am
Defying ministry, rabbis tell school to put transgender boy in female-only class
Religious figures wade into case that has roiled religious elementary school in Givat Shmuel, claiming that Jewish law forbids cross-dressing
By ToI Staff
People march during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Haifa, June 18, 2021. (Roni Ofer/Flash90)
May 18, 2022, 3:10 pm
Pride march in Netivot nixed after bullet sent to organizer’s mother
Aguda umbrella group says event canceled due to safety concerns; lawmakers condemn death threat, urge that parade go ahead
By ToI Staff
Couple takes part in a mass same-sex wedding in Tel Aviv, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 11, 2022, 1:00 pm
Same-sex couple wins NIS 80,000 from wedding venue that turned them away
After two women persisted in attempting to book the site, a representative explained to them that ‘we do not do such things’
By ToI Staff
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