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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

gay adoption

Hundreds protest in support of the right of LGBTQ couples to adopt children, outside the Ministry of Absorption in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 9:34 pm
High Court rules same-sex adoption must be allowed, in landmark decision
Court asserts 1981 adoption law was written to ensure children are adopted to two-parent families, not specifically heterosexual couples, despite use of words ‘man and his wife’
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana delivers a speech at the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
February 22, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset shoots down opposition bill to enable adoption for same sex couples
Openly gay Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana bucks coalition position, votes for legislation sponsored by MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano, who slams government as most LGBTQ-phobic ever
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Religious Jewish activists protest same-sex parenting and LGBTQ families, across from LGBTQ advocates in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 17, 2020, 5:53 pm
Leading rabbis protest new gender-neutral terms on some official forms
Religious leaders decry ‘twisted’ move to use ‘parent’ instead of ‘mother’ or ‘father’
By ToI Staff
Couple takes part in a mass same-sex wedding in Tel Aviv, June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
December 9, 2020, 9:02 pm
Ministers approve draft of bill to enable adoption by same sex couples
Legislation will remove 1960 stipulation that prospective parents be ‘a man and a woman;’ Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli lauds ‘historic correction’ of discrimination
By Stuart Winer
Gil Yehoshua (right) and his spouse, Michael, with their four children (Rafi Koch)
January 19, 2020, 6:20 am
Widowed LGBT Israelis seek standard spousal benefits, but red tape haunts them
Forced to wage an uphill battle to receive standard compensation, bereaved spouses shoulder a burden of proof from which straight couples are exempt, says rights attorney
By Ira Tolchin Immergluck
Hannah Ellenson with wife Becca Israel and their son Shai. (Courtesy)
January 25, 2019, 3:53 am
To have equal rights as parents, some same-sex couples adopt their own kids
As Becca Israel undergoes rigorous screening to qualify for a second-parent adoption of her newborn son, she seeks to raise awareness of lingering inequalities in the law
By Cathryn J. Prince
Thousands protest in support of the right of LGBT couples to adopt children at a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 20, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 13, 2018, 11:08 am
Top court rules for gay parents in birth certificate fight
Interior Ministry had refused to record two adoptive fathers as parents in son’s birth record; ruling could influence separate appeals brought by lesbian and transgender parents
By ToI Staff
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2018, 9:05 pm
New Israeli religious group aims to combat LGBTs for ‘destroying family values’
Movement will launch online campaign against surrogacy and adoption rights, plans to hold demonstration in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A gay couple with their daughter (monkeybusinessimages via iStock by Getty images)
July 23, 2018, 7:34 pm
State backs putting both fathers on same-sex adoption birth certificates
AG notes interior minister’s opposition, but says refraining to do so infringes on equality; move comes day after major LGBT protests over discriminatory surrogacy law
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Knesset plenum session on March 12, 2018.(Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 22, 2018, 10:16 pm
Opposition summons Netanyahu to Knesset over surrogacy law
Yesh Atid gathers the 40 signatures necessary to require PM to address special session on ‘the blatant discrimination of the LGBT community’
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A newborn baby in an Israeli hospital. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
June 21, 2018, 8:00 am
Coalition said drafting new bill to allow same-sex couples to adopt
Legislation reportedly set to be finalized by July, but is expected to meet opposition from religious parties
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: A gay couple with their daughter (monkeybusinessimages via iStock by Getty images)
September 17, 2017, 12:11 pm
State commits to legislate adoption rights for gay couples
Retracting earlier opposition, government tells court it will submit bill before June 2018 to ensure equality
By ToI Staff
Israelis take part in the first annual Gay Pride parade in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, on June 22, 2017. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
August 29, 2017, 11:57 pm
State reverses opposition to same-sex couples adopting children
Welfare Ministry says ‘there’s no place for setting threshold conditions for adoption’ but adds that the Knesset should make final decision
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin, center, attends an event to mark the eighth anniversary since a deadly shooting at a gay community center in Tel Aviv, August 10, 2017. (GPO/Mark Neiman)
August 10, 2017, 11:36 pm
Rivlin urges equal rights at event marking anniversary of 2009 gay center shooting
President says LGBT community is an integral part of Israeli society, calls on state to find a way forward in disputes with it
By ToI Staff
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