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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

gay conversion therapy

Prof. Hagai Levine (center), a leader of the White Coats – Healthcare Professionals for Democracy and head of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, leads the chanting at the doctor's protest rally in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. (Renee Ghert-Zand/ Times of Israel)
August 13, 2023, 10:01 pm
Doctors file petition to High Court calling to strike down ‘reasonableness’ law
Brief says that without the yardstick, the government will be able to fire doctors for their political opinions and prioritize treatment based on race
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
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, right, ministry director-general Nachman Ash, center, and Dr. Zvi Fishel, Chairman of the National Mental Health Council hold a press conference on banning conversion therapy, in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 14, 2022, 1:19 pm
Health Ministry bans ‘conversion therapy’ by medical professionals
Minister Horowitz says prohibition, including punitive measures against violators, is needed to stop ‘soul-destroying’ practice
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli woman from the LGBT community demonstrates against gay conversion therapy, in southern Israel, on July 14, 2019. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
December 16, 2020, 8:33 pm
Jewish figures join over 300 religious leaders urging ‘conversion therapy’ ban
Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Sikh faiths also sign declaration calling to end ‘harmful practices,’ organized by Britain’s Ozanne Foundation
By AFP and ToI Staff
MK Walid Taha in the Knesset, November 19, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 26, 2020, 5:58 pm
Homosexuality ‘almost nonexistent in Arab society,’ Joint List MK says
Walid Taha’s comments come as lawmakers say future of Arab political alliance in doubt after leader Ayman Odeh supported bill banning gay conversion therapy
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister David Amsalem, speaks during a ceremony at the Communications Ministry in Jerusalem, July 10, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 24, 2020, 8:01 pm
Citing ‘breach of trust’ by Gantz, Likud to block legislation at panel next week
Amsalem says Blue and White support for bill banning gay conversion therapy hurts relations; Nissenkorn says Likud broke that trust first by backing probe of judges
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)
July 22, 2020, 2:42 pm
Bill banning gay conversion therapy passes initial vote, enraging ultra-Orthodox
Coalition parties Blue and White and Labor support legislation despite objections by Netanyahu’s religious allies; Haredi MKs warn Benny Gantz: ‘You will not be prime minister’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Religious Jewish activists protest same-sex parenting and LGBTQ families, across from LGBTQ advocates in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 22, 2020, 12:41 pm
Bill banning gay conversion therapy up for vote, could spark coalition crisis
Gantz’s Blue and White, which highlighted opposition to practice in election campaigns, under pressure to support legislation despite objections by Netanyahu’s religious allies
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber at the June 9, 2015, ordination celebration of the first cohort for Har'el Beit Midrash. (Sigal Krimolovski)
June 28, 2020, 4:44 pm
Modern Orthodox rabbi rules against gay conversion therapy
Israel Prize laureate Daniel Sperber slams rabbis and doctors who claim practice works, warns it can cause serious long-term damage
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Religious Jewish activists protest same-sex parenting and LGBTQ families, across from LGBTQ advocates in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 24, 2020, 4:00 am
Gay conversion therapy to fix ‘reverse inclinations’ is alive and well in Israel
The controversial ‘treatment’ hasn’t gone away — it’s just changed its name and branding
By Avner Hofstein and Omer Sharvit
People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on June 14, 2019. (Flash90)
May 17, 2020, 5:00 pm
Hotline launched for complaints about ‘conversion therapy’
Help center goes online on International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia; discredited practice remains legal in Israel but is discouraged by Health Ministry
By ToI Staff
Democratic Camp leader Nitzan Horowitz, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 29, 2019, 5:06 pm
Democratic Camp chief: Appointment of education minister borders on illegitimate
Nitzan Horowitz says Rafi Peretz encourages anti-secularism and is ‘unworthy’ of his cabinet post
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Rafi Peretz speaks a Yemina party event in Elkana, August 21, 2019. )
August 29, 2019, 2:59 am
Students at education minister’s academy taught to avoid the IDF, secular Jews
TV shows videos from pre-army Otzem school that were removed from internet when Rafi Peretz took up his post; secular Jews are ‘wicked,’ says one teacher, who also calls IDF feeble
By ToI Staff
A man mourns the dead in the Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2009. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 6:53 pm
A decade on, parents of LGBT center shooting victims still waiting for answers
Bar Noar shooter remains at large despite biggest police investigation in Israel’s history; ‘How will anger help me?’ asks Ayala, mother of slain Nir Katz
By ToI Staff
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