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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 54

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to troops near the Gaza border, October 19, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
October 23, 2023, 10:43 pm
Same-sex couples recognized under law for bereaved families
Defense Ministry confirms same-sex partners of IDF soldiers killed in war eligible for same benefits as other families
By Shira Silkoff
Tel Aviv High School of the Arts principal Udi Klein. (Facebook)
October 2, 2023, 11:01 pm
Tel Aviv high school principal takes leave after report of relationships with minors
Channel 12 says Udi Klein had romantic ties with student from another school and an interaction on Grindr with a former pupil
By ToI Staff
File: Students walk to class at Rice University on August 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)
September 28, 2023, 8:11 pm
Rice University LGBTQ group severs ties with Hillel over its support for Israel
Rice Pride says Jewish organization’s ban on partnering with pro-Palestinian groups incompatible with its ‘values of inclusion’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
This combo of file images shows Elon Musk, the owner of X and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, left, and the head of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. (Alain Jocard/AFP, JP Yim/Getty Images via AFP)
September 11, 2023, 5:06 am
As Musk and the ADL duke it out, critics within both camps settle old scores
Pundits who have derided Anti-Defamation League’s seeming leftward turn decry tech mogul’s threat to sue, but some Jewish observers say anti-hate group has overstepped mandate
By Canaan Lidor
Supporters of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community attend a sit-in to protest the ongoing criminalization of homosexuality and arbitrary arrests in front of Hobeich police station, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2016. (AP/Hussein Malla)
September 1, 2023, 11:45 am
Lebanese politicians ramp up fight against LGBTQ community
Once seen as relatively tolerant for a Middle Eastern country, Lebanon’s political leaders have become unified in efforts to scapegoat the LGBTQ community
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
File: LGBTQ supporters hold a rally outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters as they stand against the Leave Our Kids Alone, a group opposing LGBTQ education, at a demonstration in Los Angeles, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
August 30, 2023, 3:21 pm
Canada warns LGBTQ citizens of possible travel risk in parts of US
Advisory usually reserved for countries like Russia, Egypt, and Uganda comes as some states impose bans on drag shows, restrict transgender participation in sports
By AFP
Sarit Ahmad, 18, who was killed in a shooting in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2023, 12:51 pm
Brother of lesbian Druze teen, 2 others charged with her murder
Police accuse Sa’id Ahmad of hiring gunmen to kill his sister Sarit, who was shot dead a month after filing a fresh complaint against him for death threats
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)
August 21, 2023, 6:50 pm
‘You’re not a family,’ gay couple and kids told while using family pass at park
Attendant at Nahal Yehudia nature reserve briefly bars entry to the five, who are eventually allowed inside after supervisor intervenes
By ToI Staff
Ori Lev, 31, who was attacked outside a bar in the central city of Rehovot, August 18, 2023. (TikTok video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 19, 2023, 6:35 pm
Man punched, hospitalized in suspected homophobic attack in Rehovot
Ori Lev, 31, says he was knocked to the floor after replying in the affirmative to a man who asked if he was gay; local LGBTQ community helps file police complaint
By Michael Horovitz
Wreaths placed at the memorial for the homosexual victims of the Nazis on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2023. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
August 15, 2023, 3:47 pm
Monument to gay victims of Nazis vandalized in Berlin
Man defaces memorial with homophobic flyers, attempts to set it on fire before fleeing; memorial to Jews deported from city’s Grunewald railway station also hit by arson attack
By AFP
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (left) addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 24, 2015 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File). Margot Robbie (right) in a scene from "Barbie."(Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, File)
August 9, 2023, 9:27 pm
Lebanon seeks to ban ‘Barbie’ movie for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Anti-LGBTQ campaign is being spearheaded by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, although the movie doesn’t have an overt queer theme
By AFP
A screenshot of Daniel Bloom's Instagram post in which he told of his experiences as a gay soldier in the IDF. (Instagram screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 6, 2023, 10:46 am
Soldier from IDF special forces unit says he was harassed over his sexual orientation
Daniel Bloom says was he locked outside in rain, subjected to homophobic slander without support from squadron, commanders; IDF: Officers spoke with soldiers involved, opened probe
By ToI Staff
An Iranian morality policewoman walks between morality police vehicles, preparing to start a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in Tehran, July 23, 2007. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
July 30, 2023, 11:52 am
Iranian official promoting Islamic values suspended over alleged gay sex tape
Unverified video said to show Gilan province’s head of culture and Islamic guidance, Reza Tsaghati, engaged in sexual relations with another man
By ToI Staff
A hate group flies a swastika flag outside an LGBTQ event in downtown Toledo, Ohio, before heading to a nearby Jewish community complex, July 15, 2023. (JTA Screenshot via WTOL11)
July 18, 2023, 1:33 pm
Anti-LGBTQ protesters in Ohio target local Jewish community offices
About 20 picketers move from the Toledo Love Fest to the deserted parking lot of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo
By Canaan Lidor
A vehicle carrying pride flags is set ablaze in Hod Hasharon on July 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 7, 2023, 7:19 pm
Vehicle carrying pride flags torched in Tel Aviv suburb, in suspected hate crime
Hod Hasharon mayor says baseless hate that led to Second Temple’s destruction to blame, orders more flags to hang up around city
By ToI Staff
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