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LGBT rights in Israel
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'''Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender''' ([[LGBT]]) people in [[Israel]] are considered to have more [[rights]] than anywhere else 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 (which has not 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. 

==Summary table==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Same-sex sexual activity legal
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (since 1988)
|-
| Equal age of consent
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|-
| Anti-discrimination laws in employment only
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|-
| Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|-
| Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
| Same-sex marriages
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
| Recognition of same-sex couples 
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (since 1994)
|-
| Step-child adoption by same-sex couples
| [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (since 2005)
|-
| Joint adoption by same-sex couples
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|-
| Gays and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (since 1993)
|-
| Right to change legal gender
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
| Access to IVF for lesbians
| [[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
| Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
| [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] (since 2014)
|-
| [[Men who have sex with men|MSM]]s allowed to donate blood
| [[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]] {{ref|b|B}}
|}

* {{note|b|B}} No restriction if last [[Men who have sex with men|MSM]] activity was before 1977.

==References==
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[[Category:LGBT rights by country|Israel]]
[[Category:Politics of Israel]]


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