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‘I don’t want a genocide to be done on queer people’s behalf’
Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers will be on assignment in Israel through Oct. 9. Meta also removed this article from Lavers’s Facebook pages shortly after he published it....
View ArticleOne year later and no closer to peace
We are at the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack launched against Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas. In that attack nearly 1,200 Israelis were slaughtered, many women sexually mutilated,...
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Hundreds attend gay IDF soldier’s memorial service
Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers will be on assignment in Israel through Oct. 14. HERZLIYA, Israel — Hundreds of people on Tuesday attended a memorial service for a gay...
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Sounds of war
TEL AVIV, Israel — I was sound asleep at 11 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) on Monday when Tzofar, an app that notifies users of incoming rockets, started to go off. The blaring alarm woke me up. It indicated a “red...
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Murdered Israeli hostage’s cousin describes family’s pain
TEL AVIV, Israel — Carmel Gat on Oct. 6, 2023, traveled to Be’eri, a kibbutz near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip where she grew up, to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah with her...
View ArticleLGBTQ aid workers reflect on a year in Gaza, working with queer Palestinians
Gaza was different. Over the past two years, Rain Dove Dubilewski has been on the ground helping evacuate conflict areas such as Ukraine, Uganda, and Venezuela. But still, nothing prepared them for...
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LGBTQ Israelis struggle with Oct. 7 aftermath
Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers was on assignment in Israel from Oct. 4-14. JERUSALEM — LGBTQ Israelis and the groups that advocate for their rights continue to struggle...
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ILGA World suspends Israeli advocacy group after bid to host conference...
ILGA World has suspended an Israeli advocacy group after it withdrew its bid to host its conference in Tel Aviv. The Aguda, the Association for LGBTQ+ Equality in Israel, had bid to host the 2026/2027...
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PHOTOS: Israel at war
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Washington Blade was on assignment in Israel from Oct. 4-14, 2024. The Blade covered the first anniversary of Oct. 7, and interviewed the cousin of a woman who Hamas militants...
View ArticleA queer prayer for nonviolence in Israel/Palestine
In this critical moment, our voices — one a lesbian rabbi raised in suburban New Jersey, and the other, a gay professor raised in Ramallah — draw upon the legacies of Jewish and Palestinian peace...
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