Tag: LGBTQ
Report: Growing discord may dissolve Joint Arab List
Internal conflicts plaguing Israel’s Joint Arab List could soon spell the end of the road for the faction, Israeli media reported over the weekend.
Formed ahead of the 2015 elections, the alliance, comprising the Arab...
Filmmakers boycott LGBT film festival in Tel Aviv in ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians
At least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists are among a group of more than 230 people in the film industry who have signed a pledge to boycott TLVFest—an LGBT film festival in Israel—as...
Israeli high court overturns surrogacy law excluding single men, gay couples
Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Thursday against a law that excludes single men and gay couples from using surrogacy to have children.
Current law allows only heterosexual couples or single women who are unable...
Israeli education minister clarifies remarks on gay conversion therapy
Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz on Sunday defended his remarks over the weekend regarding gay conversion therapy, saying they had been misunderstood and misrepresented in a “cynical” way which “further deepens the rift in Israeli...
Education minister’s stance on gay conversion therapy sparks controversy
In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 television that aired Saturday night, Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz stated his support for conversion therapy for young homosexuals, saying that he has personal experience with the...
DC Dyke March bans Jewish, pro-Israel symbols
The DC Dyke March, returning to Washington, D.C. on Friday after a 12-year absence, will prohibit Jewish and pro-Israel pride symbols, including flags.
“Jewish stars and other identifications and celebrations of Jewishness (yarmulkes, talit, other...
Netanyahu appoints Amir Ohana as Israel’s new justice minister
According to an announcement on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Knesset member Amir Ohana will serve as Israel’s justice minister until after the country’s Sept. 17 elections.
Elected to the Knesset in...
LGBTQ performers to boycott Eurovision with alternative online musical broadcast
A number of music and drag performers who identify as LGBTQ will skip this year’s Eurovision song contest in Israel and instead be part of an alternative online broadcast, exemplifying and in support of...
Irish pro-Israel groups condemn BDS boycott of Eurovision song contest
Several leading Irish pro-Israel groups and leaders have signed an open letter condemning attempts by BDS groups and Irish LGBTQ activists to pressure the country’s Eurovision song contest contestant, Sarah McTernan, to boycott this year’s...
Jewish ‘Bubbies’ do matchmaking, share their dating wisdom in new TV show
In each episode of “Bubbies Know Best,” which premiered Feb. 11 on JLTV, S.J. Mendelson, Linda Rich, and Bunny Gibson interview three potential suitors before picking one to go on a date with their...