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LGBT rights in Israel
[[Image:Rainbow Israel.svg|thumb|LGBT Israeli flag]]

'''Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ([[LGBT]]) rights in Israel''' are considered the most developed in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite news
   | date = 2008-09-17
   | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/taboo-tolerance/the-five-most-improved-places-for-gay-tolerance-932635.html
   | quote = Israel is the only Middle-Eastern country to support gay rights legislation, and the country attracts gay people from Palestine and Lebanon.
   | accessdate = 2009-05-29
   | work = [[The Independent]]
   | title = The five most improved places for gay tolerance
| location=London}}</ref> In November 2005, a groundbreaking (hasn't happened before) court decision in [[Israel]] ruled that a lesbian spouse could officially adopt a child born to her current partner by artificial insemination from an anonymous sperm donor; this ruling came despite protests by the minority [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] parliamentary parties. Common law [[marriage]] which grants most of the official marriage rights to the spouse has been achieved, but full official [[same-sex marriage]] has not yet been sanctioned. However, same-sex marriages performed elsewhere are recognized. 

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[[Category:LGBT rights by country|Israel]]
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[[ca:Homosexualitat a Israel]]
[[cs:Homosexualita v Izraeli]]
[[de:Homosexualität in Israel]]
[[en:LGBT rights in Israel]]
[[es:Homosexualidad en Israel]]
[[eo:Samseksemo en Israelo]]
[[it:Diritti LGBT in Israele]]
[[he:זכויות להט"ב בישראל]]
[[pl:Sytuacja prawna i społeczna osób LGBT w Izraelu]]
[[pt:Homossexualidade em Israel]]
[[sh:Položaj LGBT osoba u Izraelu]]
[[th:สิทธิของกลุ่มบุคคลที่มีความหลากหลายทางเพศในอิสราเอล]]