Posts Tagged: Gay rights Israel
The ‘Pinkwashing’ Dilemma: Why Can’t the Media Face Up to Palestinian Homophobia?
We’ve heard them all before. From "Greenwashing" and "artwashing," to "veganwashing" and "funwashing" -- in the minds of Israel’s critics, there is nothing that the...
BBC Takes Aim at Israel in Report on Beheading of Gay Palestinian Man in Hebron
The horrific killing of Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, a 25-year-old gay Palestinian, in the West Bank town of Hebron last week was rightly met with shock...
The Pursuit of Human Rights and the Myth of Israeli ‘Pinkwashing’
On March 8 of this year, the so-called "human rights" group Palestinian Solidarity Collective (PSC) at York University in Toronto, Canada, launched an Israeli "Pinkwashing"...
Israel Respects Gay Rights; the Palestinians Do Not
The University of Pittsburgh’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a meeting in October on the topic of “pinkwashing” -- the accusation...
Anti-LGBT Discrimination Is Now Official PA Policy
JNS.org - After Palestinian LGBT organization al-Qaws announced that it had held a gathering in the West Bank city of Nablus earlier this month to...
Will Layoffs at The New York Times Lead to Even Worse Coverage of Israel?
As long ago as 2002, gay activist Paul Varnell observed about the Middle East that, “Israel is the one country in the region in which gays have...
Gay Couples Included in New IDF Policy to Protect Children of Enlisted Soldiers
Gay and straight couples with children will no longer have to deal with situations where both parents are enlisted for reserve service. The IDF recently...
Israeli Education Minister’s Lesbian Sister Comes to His Defense After Anti-Gay Comments
The lesbian sister of Israel's Minister of Education, Shai Piron, on Sunday defended her brother after comments he made last week saying the state should...
Zeev Jabotinsky’s Answer to Hypocrisy
Hypocrites have always driven me crazy, those who put on false appearances of virtue and turn out not to be what they say...
