Talk:LGBT history in Israel

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Hello all,

This is my first time checking out this page for my course's evaluation assignment. This seems like a really good place to start on LGBT rights history in Israel, but it seems that there a very few citations throughout. I am hoping to go through and mark these spots where citations could be added and find sources for those.

Thanks, Romeoper (talk) 03:46, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Adding Citations
Hello,

I have been researching some of the facts stated in this page and wanted to find citations that verified or could clarify these statements. Below are my notes and sources that I plan on implementing soon as I continue my research. Please feel free to provide me with any feedback or suggestions. Below are my notes:

Source Notes This source explains that the Knesset overturned laws set by British mandate that made sex between two individuals of the same sex illegal, though no one had been prosecuted for such acts (the State's legal adviser discouraged authorities to enforce the law). This came with legislation aimed toward sex and sex-crimes, including legalizing sex between minors (under 16) that were consenting and less than 2 years apart. The previous laws that criminalized homosexual acts carried a sentence of up to 10 years if it were to be enforced. The legislation was pushed by Shulamit Aloni, from the Citizens Rights Movement. [1]

This is a short blog about LGBTQ history in Israel. While it may not be scholarly or perfect, it does give me an idea of what kinds of events I can add to the wikipedia page and what kind of information I should be searching for. It summarizes some of the events that are already in the article as well. [2]

The article LGBT history in Turkey uses this page to mention when the Ottoman Empire got rid of their sodomy laws, but I am not able to find that information on from the link so I am going to look elsewhere. I was able to find a translation of the actual penal code from the Ottoman Empire and the notes from translation stated under Article 198 that, "It will be observed that unless committed with force or upon a person under thirteen years of age sodomy is not a criminal offence (sic) under the Ottoman Penal Code; nor are unnatural offences with animals, criminal".[3]

Found from History of Jews in Russia and Soviet Union (which then pointed to First Aliyah), a citation links to a Zionist book that mentions that in 1891 Perez Smolenskin encourages Russian Jews to unify and flee to Palestine to escape the pogroms/anti-Jewish violence. It further states that between 1891-1899 some 25,000 Jews arrive in Palestine.[4] In the main article I am editing, it states that the mass movement was influenced by Herzl's Zionism, however, Herzl did not publish "The Jewish State" until 1896.[4] It seems like that would be anachronistic so instead we should say that it was related to Smolenskin's ideas of Jewish nationhood/peoplehood as a predecessor to Zionism.

The citation used to reference the decision to abolish sodomy laws in 1988 did not seem to have that information either, so I have found a decision handed down by the Knesset that mentions the abolition of sodomy laws by Amendment 22 under Israeli Penal Law, officially presented in 1988.[5] This source also mentions that the British Mandate that was imposed on Israel/Palestine came from "section 152(2) of the Criminal Law Ordinance, 1936, enacted by the Mandate" and that this was revised in 1977 under "section 351(3) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977".[5] The judgment also refers back to 1963 when Justice Cohn denounces sodomy laws ("in CrimA 224/63 Ben-Ami v. Attorney-General [20], at p. 238").[5] The decision also mentions and verifies the legislation that protects LGB employees.[5]

References Rosenberg, Carol (March 23, 1988). "Parliament legalizes homosexuality in Israel". United Press International, Inc. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Steiner, Kristof (August 30, 2017). "A timeline of Israel's LGBTQ progression". Time Out Israel. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Bucknill, John A. Strachey; Utidjian, Haig Apisoghom S. (1913). The Imperial Ottoman Penal Code. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. p. 151. Retrieved 2018-10-05. Engel, David (2013-09-13). Zionism. Routledge. ISBN 9781317865483. HCJ 721/94 El-Al Israel Airlines Ltd v. Jonathan Danielowitz and the National Labour Court (decision rendered on November 30, 1994), https://supreme.court.gov.il/sites/en/Pages/SearchJudgments.aspx?&OpenYearDate=1994&CaseNumber=721&DateType=1&SearchPeriod=8&COpenDate=null&CEndDate=null&freeText=null&Importance=null. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

Thanks, Romeoper (talk) 20:50, 5 October 2018 (UTC)