Israeli Arab Civil Society.

Very encouraging.

Also from the article:
In a statement issued Tuesday, Arab nationalist party Balad compared its opposition to homophobia to that of the “colonialist” Israeli regime.
“In its core, our wish for freedom by striving to liberate ourselves from the oppression of colonialism is part of our yearning for human liberation guaranteeing the rights of individuals in their personal lives,” the communique read, warning Israel against using Khatib’s comments to portray itself as tolerant towards minorities.

Al-Qaws, a Palestinian NGO supporting sexual and gender diversity in Palestinian society, argued in a rare statement issued Monday that Khatib’s concern over homosexuality may indicate a paradigm shift in Arab treatment of the subject.

My take:
So in spite of efforts by some at DU and in the media to portray all Palestinians as homophobes we see this very nuanced statement.

Balad is a party in the Knesset.

Unfortunately Palestinian Gays have no such debate absolutely no rights and fear for their lives just for being born Gay.

It's absolutely disgraceful.

Democracy does.

A place where you can come out the closet and have nothing to fear except for people like this sheik but other Israeli Arabs will come to your defense .

I'm afraid this doesn't happen beyond the green line except maybe in East Jerusalem but certainly not in Ramallah nor in Gaza where one fears for ones life if Born a sin of being Gay .

It's a disgrace that this is not addressed before recognizing or rewarding .

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These people are ALL Israeli.

so what is the difference that you claim?

you seemed pretty clear here I asked you to expound on that

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134106691#post5

what if they were born in Ramallah and raised in Jaffa what then?

There is fear of death and absolutely no protection.

The Israeli Arab parties and organizations are seemingly tolerant of Gays and there seems to be major cultural differences happening among the Arab Israelis .

This OP is extremely encouraging demonstrating that Israeli Arabs have a very different tolerance and support of LGBT than any other of their Arab brethren and neighbors.

Gay rights and tolerance in Palestine- Gaza and the West Bank is non existent and I wish they followed the lead of their neighbors in this regard because as it exists today within the recognized state of Palestine is an absolute disgrace....

and that Palestinians in Palestine are nearly 100% homophobic? Even though families are living divided by the green line so why what is your theory on that?