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Israeli LGBT activists mobilize online after gay rights bill fails
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.563186LGBT rights activists have taken to Facebook to protest and vent over the failure of a bill that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.
When the bill was blocked from reaching the Knesset plenum for a vote, gay rights activist Yonatan Vanunu started a Hebrew-language Facebook page on Tuesday under the banner “LGBTs Demand Equality." By Wednesday evening, it garnered nearly 4,000 likes.
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Five ministers from the Yisrael Beiteinu and Habayit Hayehudi parties killed the bill on Sunday when it came before them in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, but one online petition seemed to place the blame on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charging him with neglecting the LGBT community.
“In August 2009, after the Bar Noar murders, you made a much appreciated visit to the gay youth center in Tel Aviv to express your support for the gay community,” the petition reads, alluding to a shooting that killed two and wounded 15. “Unfortunately, since that day, your support has not been evident. We have encountered only closed-mindedness from you when it comes to our constitutional rights and the discrimination we experience as productive and tax-paying citizens in the State of Israel.”