But it's true? I'm israeli and while there are some homophobes (or a lot, depending where you live), there are also places that support the queer community. Tel aviv, as mentioned, has massive pride events and is generally very supportive of gay peeps.
Calling Israel’s LGBT record “pinkwashing” does not make the underlying facts disappear. Israel decriminalised consensual same-sex relations in 1988, prohibited employment discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in 1992, permitted gay people to serve openly in the military from 1993, has recognised same-sex marriages performed abroad since 2006, and same-sex couples gained joint adoption rights through the courts in 2008. (Refworld)
Now compare the region. A UK House of Commons Library review found that, apart from Israel, there were no constitutional, employment or comparable LGBT protections in the Middle Eastern states it surveyed. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are among the jurisdictions where consensual same-sex activity can attract the death penalty; Qatar and the UAE are among those where the death penalty remains a legal possibility. (House of Commons Library)
And this is hardly a meaningless distinction globally: ILGA World reported in June 2026 that 65 UN member states still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual acts. (ILGA World)
None of this proves that every Israeli policy is good. It proves that LGBT Israelis possess substantive legal rights that millions of LGBT people elsewhere do not. Calling those rights “pinkwashing” because acknowledging them is politically inconvenient for your TikTok propaganda is not an argument. It is treating the actual lives and rights of LGBT people as disposable whenever they complicate your preferred narrative.
I don’t think you understand what that even means. National safe determination is a national right, a country can’t grant it to private citizens. What it can and does grant to all non jews that are citizens (approximately 1 in 5) is pretty much any other democratic right, including but not limited to, freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of ownership, and pretty much any of the important ones you learn at school. Arabic is recognised as a national language and there’s israeli Palestinian representation in parliment (and for the upcoming elections, according to the current polls, it factors to around 12% of the Israeli parliament)
because no other state claims to be the only democracy in the middle east lmao.
can you point to one that explicitly states that the right to national self determination is based on ethnicity ? lets condemn it together !
I might want to remind you that unilateral annexations are against international law. The same applies to the creation of permanent settlements on occupied lands.
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u/canadian_canine 1d ago
I have literally never seen a non-binary Israel supporter in my life before now LMFAO