Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to adopt children.

The verdict was reached by three presiding justices following a petition, which argued that Section 3 of the Adoption Law must be interpreted so LGBT couples would be eligible to adopt within the scope of the existing law.

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      Israel has special LGBT work permits and asylum processes for Palestinians who are gay. There are more Palestinians out in Israel than in Palestine.

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            Come on, I know the Middle East isn’t safe for our gay friends- but that doesn’t mean we should give a free pass to one group mass-killing the other sides children just because they have better gay optics.

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              There are no free passes. Both sides slaughter each others children.

              And then one slaughters their gay children themselves.

              One does not need to equate these - or diminish the good in what Israel is doing. It’s progress. May there be much more.

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    Fantastic!

    Next, end apartheid and occupation!! 😍🌈

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      Same sex couples who are members of ruling party only, child must raised Jewish and attend state school where they pledge allegiance every day.

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      This is the same Israeli court that has ruled against Netanyahu multiple times, and which he has been desperately trying to delegitimize for fear of eventually going to prison. What Israel is doing is terrible, and we also shouldn’t automatically dismiss progressive voices in Israel just because they are Israeli. There is a large percentage of Israel that does not support Netanyahu or the genocide he has undertaken

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          I would be willing to be that there are maybe, at most, 50 people out in Gaza out of 800,000. And even that might be high.

          There are no protections at all in Gaza, and you’re quite likely to be the recipient of an honor killing.

          So, if you were to ask anyone in Gaza if they’re gay, they’re going to say no.

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            Just because they’re not out, doesn’t mean they’re not gay. Israel has 100% killed more LGBTQ Palestinians recently just from all their bombings.

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        8% of the world’s population identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

        Israel has killed 21,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Assuming the same percentage, that is 1680 people who identified themselves as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

        In the 20 years of Hamas rule, they have not killed 1680 people in Gaza for being gay.

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    With Israeli obsession with children and family, it is extremely hard for LGBT, or any other couples to adopt - they have to prove they have the means to raise up these kids - both material and psychological.

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    How convenient! There’s now thousands of orphans looking for homes!

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    I’m not gonna congratulate Israel for doing the right thing while they’re also committing genocide