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LGBT Palestinian kidnapped, beheaded after fleeing West Bank
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LGBT Palestinian kidnapped, beheaded after fleeing West Bank
LGBT Palestinian kidnapped, beheaded after fleeing West Bank
https://realjock.com/groups/bisexual-and-gay-news/forum/bisexual-and-gay-newsA Palestinian man who fled the West Bank into Israel after his sexual orientation was revealed was kidnapped [in Israel and taken back to] and brutally beheaded in Hebron, according to videos circulating on social media from early Thursday morning.
Footage of the lifeless body of Ahmad Hacham Hamdi Abu Marakhia, 25 years old, being carried in the Palestinian city emerged late on Wednesday night.
An investigation into the murder was opened by the Palestinian Authority’s police, it said, according to Palestinian reports.
Ahmad’s journey to escape the West Bank
Marakhia resided in Al-Bait Al-Mokhtalef (The Different House), a safe haven for LGBTQ+ Palestinians and Arab-Israelis who have suffered from violence and discrimination, for their nationality as well as their LGBTQ+ identity.
“He was part of an LGBT pride group we started in the South,” they said. “Many people knew of him,” said Rita Petrenko, CEO of The Different House. Petrenko said she helped Marakhia obtain a permit from the Israeli Civil Administration to live in Israel.
She also aided him in a potential relocation to a third country, she said. “He was making extraordinary strides in his rehabilitation,” Petrenko told N12. “An industrious, intelligent man…he was looking forward to leaving the country. He was next in line.”
Petrenko stressed that emigration is the best option for LGBTQ+ Palestinians who were kicked out of their homes.
‘We will complete the Palestinian LGBT revolution’
Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana, who worked extensively over the past year to promote the construction of shelters for Arab LGBT youth, mourned the Palestinian’s death in a Thursday tweet.
“Ahmad, who stayed in an Israeli shelter due to his sexuality, was murdered by a vicious and twisted killer,” she wrote. “In the next government, we intend to complete the Palestinian LGBT revolution,” the MK added.
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Israel regularly sends homosexuals Palestinians back to Palestine, well knowing it may well be a death sentence for them. Many have fled to Israel after being exposed as homosexual.
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Quite to the contrary, Israel not only grants them asylum but allows them work permits.
Israel to allow LGBT Palestinians granted temporary asylum to work
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-allow-lgbt-palestinians-granted-asylum-to-workFor Gay Palestinians, Tel Aviv Is Mecca
https://forward.com/opinion/1125/for-gay-palestinians-tel-aviv-is-meccaIsrael and Arab Countries Are Miles Apart on LGBT Rights
https://www.outwordmagazine.com/inside-outword/glbt-news/1239-israel-and-arab-countries-are-miles-apart-on-lgbt-rights
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Palestine ranks #190 (of 197) in the LGBT Equality Index.
The only countries with worse rankings are: Qatar, Nigeria, Oman, Iran, Brunei, Somalia & Afghanistan.
Qatar and Iran fund and support Hamas. Birds of a feather….Israel ranks #45, between Italy and Greece.
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