Gay marriage

Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari marries partner Dani Amit in Tel Aviv wedding celebration

The couple had gotten engaged in January, 2026, one year after Damari was released from Hamas captivity.

Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari and Israeli food influencer Dani Amit in their wedding outfits.
YAIR LAPID speaks at the 24th annual Jerusalem Pride Parade, June 4, 2026.

Lapid promises marriage equality within first 100 days of new gov. at Jerusalem Pride Parade

Haifa resident arrested for threats made against the LGBTQ+ community.

Haifa resident arrested for implied death threats against LGBTQ+ community

Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right


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

NGO petitions High Court to allow same-sex marriage in Israel

"We demand that the state provide the basic and fundamental right to exercise our love for whomever we choose, and require legislation to allow gay marriage in Israel," the group says.

Gay marriage

Live and let live

Hardly anyone raises an eyebrow over the same-sex relationship – which proves how far people have come in “live and let live” philosophies.

British Ambassador to Israel David Quarrey

Choose life

The drive by human beings to emerge from a state of loneliness to a form of couplehood is an existential need, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Attack at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

Gay Pride Parade stabber sent to psych ward to determine if fit to stand trial

Jerusalem Magistrate Court judge orders 48-hour evaluation, extends Shlissel’s remand 10 days.

Yishai Schlissel arrested after stabbing six people at the Jerusalem gay pride parade

Livni proposes ‘Shira Banki’ legislation

The “Shira Banki bills” include establishing civil unions, requiring education for equality and tolerance among other policies meant to counter hate-crimes.

16-year-old Shira Banki who succumbed to wounds after being stabbed in Jerusalem gay pride parade attack

Who‘s afraid of Reform Judaism?

The furor following Religious Services Minister David Azoulay’s outburst proves that Reform and Conservative Judaism have broken free of their slave chains.

Religious Services Minister David Azoulay

Ahead of Jerusalem gay pride parade: Lehava accuses homosexuals of harming Jewish nation

Meir David Koperschmidt of the anti-assimilation Lehava group equates homosexuality with bank robbery.

2014 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade

No Holds Barred: Gay marriage is not the real issue

Marriage should be an exclusively religious institution and secular states should be in the business of only civil unions.

Supporters of gay marriage rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington

Supreme Court choosing sides

The Jerusalem Post