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Homosexuality in the Palestinian territories is considered a taboo subject; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people experience persecution and violence.. There is 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 l
Homosexual acts are forbidden in traditional Islamic jurisprudence and are liable to different punishments, including the death penalty, [23] depending on the situation and legal school. However, homosexual relationships were generally tolerated in pre-modern Islamic societies, [19] [20] [23] [27] and historical records suggest that these laws ...
The state of human rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is determined by Palestinian as well as Israeli policies, which affect Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories both directly and indirectly, through their influence over the Palestinian Authority (PA). [1]
The ‘Queering the Map’ site is providing space for LGBT people in conflict-stricken Gaza to share messages of solidarity, love, and loss.
The U.N., various human rights groups and legal scholars, citing the blockade, consider Gaza to still be under military occupation by Israel. What is Hamas, and whom does it represent?
But there are differencees between the Gaza Strip and West Bank governments regarding the legal status of sex between consenting adult men. The laws against homosexual behavior between men in Palestine that are currently in place in the Gaza Strip are a relic of British colonial rule in Mandatory Palestine.
In Gaza, a densely populated strip where Hamas is headquartered, Israeli strikes have been targeting old Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah, killing hundreds and injuring thousands.
The law stipulates that married men convicted of homosexuality are to be put to death by stoning. [20] Article 268 of the national penal code prohibits private consensual homosexual acts between adult women. The law stipulates that premeditated acts of lesbianism are punished with up to three years in prison. [20]