Israel Pledges Law Giving Gay Couples Equal Adoption Rights
Israel’s justice ministry said Sunday the government would advance legislation giving gay couples equal rights in adopting children following controversy over the issue.
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Israel Eases Process for Same Sex Couples to Obtain Citizenship
The naturalization process for foreign same-sex partners in Israel will be the same as that of their heterosexual counterparts, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit reported Thursday to the High Court of Justice.
At Jerusalem Pride Parade, Father of Slain Teen Urges Tolerance
Shira Banki’s murder at Jerusalem’s 2015 gay pride parade should serve as a reminder of the dangers of extremism, the father of the slain teenager urged Thursday, speaking a few blocks from where his daughter was fatally stabbed by a religious extremist at last year’s event.
Israeli President Calls For End to Incitement Against LGBT Community
President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama met on Sunday with Uri and Mika Banki, whose 16-year-old daughter Shira was stabbed to death at last year’s Jerusalem Pride parade.
Survey: LGBT Visitors to Israel Remain Longer, Spend More Money Than Other Tourists
A new survey found that gay tourists to Israel remain longer and spend 40 percent more money than other tourists, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on Tuesday.
Israeli Religious Group Issues ‘Historic’ Document on Accepting Gays, Lesbians
JERUSALEM – Dozens of Israeli rabbis on Sunday called on their communities to act with tolerance and respect toward gay and lesbian congregants.
LGBT Activists Protest In Jerusalem After MKs Nix Five Gay Rights Bills
The Times of Israel reports: Some 200 members of Israel’s LGBT community protested in Jerusalem on Saturday evening, days after the Knesset voted against five bills that would improve LGBT rights in Israel. Protesters took to the streets close to
Gay Israeli Couple Discovers Baby Born to Nepalese Surrogate is Not Genetically Theirs
TEL AVIV – A same-sex couple from Israel discovered that neither partner is the biological parent of a child they brought back to Israel after going through a surrogacy process in Nepal. Surrogacy is not available to gay Israeli couples, so
Netanyahu Welcomes His Party’s First Gay Knesset Member With ‘Pride’
TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed his Likud party’s first openly gay lawmaker as he was sworn in to the Knesset on Monday. It is rare for the prime minister to welcome new Knesset Members,
