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Gay Man Criticizes Palestinian
Society By Alex Tehranian Special to The Hoya Friday, October 22, 2004; Page A1 http://www.thehoya.com/news/102204/news6.cfm A Palestinian man described the challenges of living as a homosexual in what he deemed an oppressive society last Tuesday in New South. …He said he was unwilling to reveal his last name or hometown for fear of being discovered by the Palestinian Authority. |
Palestinian Gays Seek Safety in Israel http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/israel/isnews005.htm For these gay men, life in the seedy parts of central Israel is far better than the virtual death sentences they fled in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Torture by Palestinian Authority security services or vigilante attacks by relatives is a fate suffered by countless gays in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where sodomy carries a jail term of three to 10 years. Islam
prescribes capital punishment for homosexual activity.
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