”When soldiers are defamed, I am a soldier; when a girl is murdered at the gay pride parade, I’m a gay man”—Amir Ohana Even for an assembly accustomed to spectacle, the maiden speech of Amir Ohana—the first openly LGBT Knesset member from Israel’s Likud Party—was unusual. After Ohana proclaimed that he was simultaneously “a Jew, […]
Not only is there no contradiction between democratic values and the fight against violence, but these values are the reason to fight. From time to time we present the views of leading Israeli LGBT activists and writers on important issues facing the world. Here is one such piece. As with all of our VIEWS columns, […]
The debate over same-sex marriage is heating up around the world. While Ireland recently legalized gay marriage, Israel’s stance against same-sex marriage continues to stir up controversy among politicians. Here are five quotes spoken by various members of Israel’s government on the topic of same-sex marriage. 1. “Even a person who is a homosexual is […]
Representatives from Likud, Zionist Union, Yesh Atid, Kulanu, Meretz, admit they have differing degrees of devotion to this issue. Representatives from five parties that according to the last Jerusalem Post poll, will represent over half the next Knesset, sent representatives to brandish their pro-LGBT credentials at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa on Sunday. Representatives […]
The last Knesset earned a great deal of praise for being liberal, especially due to the absence of the orthodox parties in the coalition. In practice, the results of a study published Monday by the Aguda indicate an opposite and worrying picture – most of the 19th Knesset members failed to stop their activities against […]
Is there a need to have a “gay politics”? Yeshurun from the religious gay organization “Havruta” answers, without shame. A friend of mine asked me this week: why is it so important to you to have LGBT parties or representatives in Israeli politics? Why do you have to highlight your difference in politics and in […]
Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid is considering adding a representative of the gay community to its slate. MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz), the only openly gay lawmaker in the Knesset, announced last Wednesday that he would not be running in the upcoming election. Read the latest updates on the forthcoming Israeli elections on Ha’aretz
MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) is leaving politics after over six years in the Knesset, he announced on Wednesday, days after failing to bring allies into his party’s central committee. Nitzan Horowitz. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) The MK announced his departure on Facebook. “I love this land and I love you very much,” Horowitz […]
The Pride parade in the northern city of Haifa was held last week in the shadow of the homophobic remarks by the Minister of Education, Shay Piron, also in the shadow of the calls to cancel Gay Pride in Netanya and religious protests against the parade in Ashdod. According to the organizers, about two thousand […]
A veteran political activist has hit out at the Israeli Embassy’s presence in Auckland Pride Parade, and is urging attendees to give those joining their float “a hard time.” “If you are going to the Gay Pride Parade in Ponsonby… watch out for the young Israeli contingent taking part,” John Minto wrote on his Facebook […]