New gov't could put Israel's status as an LGBTQ haven at risk
The politicians’ anti-LGBTQ+ positions are not new, but their positions of power and leverage within the government are.
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The politicians’ anti-LGBTQ+ positions are not new, but their positions of power and leverage within the government are.
Israel has long been considered an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. But its new far-right government could change that.
Netanyahu and others in his coalition say they are committed to protecting gay rights, but the volatile political situation makes the future hard to predict
LGBTQ Israelis are reeling from the hostility they sense from their new government and at the fragility of the laws protecting them.
Analysis: Politicians from new government’s religious parties have floated multiple changes to laws and regulations that would diminish the status of LGBTQ Israelis, and while these proposals and ideas exist only in the realm of rhetoric for now, many worry that could change