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Jun 09, 2007
Quickie Link: It Is Getting Harder for Gay Palestinians to Seek Refuge in Israel
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By vanrozenheim
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(Israel) - Gay Palestinians have long been sneaking into Israel to enjoy a freedom unknown in their own, much more conservative, society. And despite persistent rows such as whether to allow gay-pride marches in Jerusalem Israel likes to promote its reputation for tolerance. Israel does give asylum to Palestinians whose lives are at risk - for collaborating with Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service. And sometimes the Shin Bet blackmails gay Palestinians into working for it by threatening to expose them - as does Palestinian intelligence, for that matter. So Palestinians known to be gay are invariably suspected of being collaborators too - which puts them in even greater danger.
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