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2023-11-13 20:30:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2E26218E04C3884C7EF2C60D8777257B6C71E23284E8F76F9109768B3ED44BF2
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The Israeli government and IDF have a long history of blackmailing closeted queer Palestinians to be informants, threatening to reveal their sexuality or identity unless they cooperate with their intelligence services. Same sex marriage is illegal in Israel. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2014-09-23/ty-article/.premium/idf-gays-who-help-blackmail-gays/0000017f-db58-db22-a17f-fff9c4650000 https://www.vice.com/en/article/av8b5j/gay-palestinians-are-being-blackmailed-into-working-as-informants https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/disturbing-story-within https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-blackmails-palestinians-treason https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Israel https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/what-is-pinkwashing/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/9/against-the-pinkwashing-of-israel https://www.972mag.com/trans-lgbtq-palestinian-israel-pinkwashing/
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