Gay Israel

Anti-LGBTQ violence in Israel rose sharply in 2025, national queer and trans violence report finds

A total of 432 homophobic or transphobic physical incidents were reported in Israel in 2025, the Aguda's report found.

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021
 Kipod Hazahav offerings include ‘Full Tank'.

Tel Aviv's Kipod Hazahav festival brings 16 independent productions to the stage

Participants celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney, Australia, February 29, 2020.

'They are unnatural': Arab channel TV show guest calls for the execution of gay people

 The scene of a shooting attack on Highway 1, near Ma'ale Adumin, on February 22, 2024

'A gay man without rights:' Israeli reservist who killed highway terrorist speaks out


Gays in Muslim countries face destruction

Clearly not all Muslims accept the anti gay teachings of their faith, and even if they do, most do no act on them. Omar Mateen may, however, be one of those who took these instructions literally.

Vendors sell rainbow souvenirs at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, last year

Police get restraining orders to ban 'dangerous people' from LGBT parade

Authorities say that “the Israel Police is working in accordance with the law in order to prevent any harm to human life and to preserve the public order."

Gay Pride 2015

Gay Israeli lawmakers speak out against LGBT laws in North Carolina

MKs Ohana and Shmuly part of delegation to state facing backlash for law that would not protect state employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

MK Merav Ben-Ari, MK Sharren Haskel, North Carolina State Rep. Grier Martin, MK Amir Ohana and Itzik Shmuly

Group of Israeli Orthodox rabbis urges greater acceptance of homosexuals

Rabbis from the nonprofit Beit Hillel present a document urging greater acceptance of LGBT members within the Orthodox realm.

Participants take part in the 2015 Jerusalem Pride Parade

Israeli Orthodox rabbis draft homosexual ‘containment’ document

The document by the nonprofit Beit Hillel “sets forth guidelines, which are founded in halachah, on how to contain people with a homosexual orientation within faith communities,” says director.

An activist waves an LGBT flag near Israel's Knesset building

Young, gifted and gay in Jerusalem

Assessing the winds of change in the city’s LGBT community, and what has been accomplished since the pride parade stabbing last summer that shocked the nation.

LGBT supporters flood the capital’s streets and wave custom pride flags, after the murder of Shira Banki at the city’s pride parade last July

Health Minister Litzman likens gays to sinners as Knesset votes down LGBT rights bills

Opposition calls out coalition politicians who spoke in favor of gay rights but voted against them.

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party sits with other ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government during a Knesset session, November 23

Conservative movement publishes egalitarian and LGBT-friendly siddur

The Siddur Lev Shalem is “both more traditional and contemporary” in several ways, senior editor Rabbi Ed Feld told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Gay Pride 2015

US LGBTQ group backtracks, will hold event with Israeli leaders

Task Force director: Canceling the reception was a mistake; we deeply offended many people.

Israeli drag queens and go-go dancers dance on a truck during the annual gay pride parade in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 13, 2014.

Israel-haters pinkwash Likud’s first gay MK

The truth is Ohana’s sexual orientation is immaterial in the face of his outstanding service to Israel and the security of the Jewish people.

Amir Ohana