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Israeli security forces have admitted to deliberately threatening and outing queer Palestinians as a tactic to intimidate them into working as informants.- The Nation (cw queerphobia) (www.thenation.com)

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To the repeated lines of "but but Hamas no likey teh gay" it was the British Colonal system that didn't like "teh gay". It's the same reason why the uber modern secular country of Singapore hasn't leaglized gay marriage and still criminalized it until 2022....oh that's right - Israel doesn't do gay marraige either! they only do "unions" in Tel-Aviv and only recongize marraiges from OUTSIDE the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_State_of_Palestine

On September 18, 1936, the criminal code of Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate Criminal Code, which drew from Ottoman law and English law,[1] was enacted. Section 152(1)(b)(c) of the code states that any person who "commits an act of sodomy with any person against his will by the use of force or threats" or "commits an act of sodomy with a child under the age of sixteen years" is liable for imprisonment up to 14 years, while Section 152(2)(b) states that anyone who has "carnal knowledge" of anyone acting "against the law of nature" is liable for a prison term up to 10 years.[2] Palestinian academic Sa'ed Atshan argued that this criminal code was an example of British export of homophobia to the Global South.

Also it isn't criminal in the West Bank

In the Gaza Strip and West Bank, the local LGBT community faces a precarious situation due to the general lack of civil rights legislation aimed at tackling discrimination. However, there is also a significant legal divide between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with the former having more progressive laws and the latter having more conservative laws. Shortly after the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank in 1950, same-sex acts were decriminalized across the territory with the adoption of the Jordanian Penal Code of 1951. In the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip and under Hamas's rule, however, no such initiative was implemented.

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[–] wantToViewEmojis@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

the west is irredeemably evil, im starting to think a millenia of humiliation isnt enough

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Whether said individual is of a certain sexual orientation, cheating on his wife, or in need of treatment in Israel or the West Bank – he is a target for blackmail.

Throughout the duration of my service no one in my unit ever asked, at least not out loud, if there is anything wrong with this well-oiled system – whether the transformation of any individual into a target is a legitimate act.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/12/israeli-intelligence-unit-testimonies