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| Region | Israel |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Description | The High Court ruled that same sex couples can adopt in 2008, but in practice priority is given to opposite sex couples. In 2017, the Court ruled that gay people could not adopt children. |
| Sources | https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/reversal-over-israel-s-same-sex-adoption-policy-1.443803 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-will-not-allow-gay-couples-to-adopt-in-israel/ https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-child-s-best-interests-or-anti-lgbt-hatred-1.6221353 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-knesset-panel-okays-surrogacy-for-single-women-but-not-gay-couples-1.6219117 |
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Revision History (5)
edited by Unknownmiles. Adoption is now legal
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| End Date | (none) | Dec 28, 2023 |
edited by Notdog1996. False entry
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| Value | Legal | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 2008 | (unknown) |
| Description | The High Court ruled that same sex couples can adopt, but in practice priority is given to opposite sex couples. | The High Court ruled that same sex couples can adopt in 2008, but in practice priority is given to opposite sex couples. In 2017, the Court ruled that gay people could not adopt children. |
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| Sources | https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/reversal-over-israel-s-same-sex-adoption-policy-1.443803 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-will-not-allow-gay-couples-to-adopt-in-israel/ | https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/reversal-over-israel-s-same-sex-adoption-policy-1.443803 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-will-not-allow-gay-couples-to-adopt-in-israel/ https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-child-s-best-interests-or-anti-lgbt-hatred-1.6221353 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-knesset-panel-okays-surrogacy-for-single-women-but-not-gay-couples-1.6219117 |
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- Newer law has been passed "in december 28, 2023. israel's top court rules that the state cannot discriminate against Same-sex couples looking to adopt
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-28/ty-article/.premium/israel-cant-discriminate-against-same-sex-couples-looking-to-adopt-top-court-rules/0000018c-b0d2-d014-a3cd-bade63a80000
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1703778566-israeli-high-court-unanimously-rules-in-favor-of-same-sex-adoption"
- Newer law has been passed "Knesset revisited law passed in the 1980s on 2023 and readapted its interpretation allowing same sex couples to adopt children "
- Newer law has been passed "It recently got approved for same sex couples to adopt, the article:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-same-sex-adoption-must-be-allowed-in-landmark-decision/amp/
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- Newer law has been passed "High Court in israel rules same-sex adoption must be allowed-28 December 2023
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-rules-same-sex-adoption-must-be-allowed-in-landmark-decision/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-28/ty-article/.premium/israel-cant-discriminate-against-same-sex-couples-looking-to-adopt-top-court-rules/0000018c-b0d2-d014-a3cd-bade63a80000 "
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
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- Newer law has been passed "in 2023 it's change."
- Other "Gay people are not allowed to adopt in Israel. If you are a single woman you can adopt (not related to sexuality) and if you are a single man, you can't adopt. "
- Status is not correct "Never actually legalized, was attempted to pass through the Knesset (parliament) in 2023 but did not pass with most deeming it immoral and pedophilic"
- Newer law has been passed
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Feb 2008 | Jan 2008 |
| Description | The High Court ruled that same sex couples can adopt, but in practice priority is given to opposite sex couples. | |
| Sources | http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 | https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/reversal-over-israel-s-same-sex-adoption-policy-1.443803 http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-will-not-allow-gay-couples-to-adopt-in-israel/ |
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created by bradcoffey106
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Feb 2008 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/ag-okays-wider-adoption-rights-for-same-sex-couples-1.239054 |
Reports (10)
- Status is not correct "Not legal "
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Israeli lgbt can only adopt their partner's biological child. "
- Status is not correct "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Israel#Adoption_and_parenting"
- Status is not correct "you can't adopt in a same sex relationships"
- Status is not correct "Even though the Israeli gov't promised to end same-sex adoption discrimination by June '18, no such legistlation happened.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-the-child-s-best-interests-or-anti-lgbt-hatred-1.6221353
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-knesset-panel-okays-surrogacy-for-single-women-but-not-gay-couples-1.6219117"
- Status is not correct "De jure Israel Ministry claims same-sex adoption will be allowed, but de facto it actually forbids or massively impedes same-sex adoption.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-same-sex-adoption-still-a-no-go-in-israel-1.5448140
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-knesset-panel-okays-surrogacy-for-single-women-but-not-gay-couples-1.6219117"
- Status is not correct "There is a new law that forbidding from same sex couples to adopt children. (From the 16th July 2017)."
- Status is not correct "It is true that in 2008 the Attorney General of Israel claimed that LGBTQ+ couple will be allowed to adopt, but only if no heterosexual couple will be found for the child.
Also, in 2017, in response to Supreme Court petition, the state declared that LGBTQ+ adoption will not be allowed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-will-not-allow-gay-couples-to-adopt-in-israel/"
- Status is not correct "there is no abillity for same sex parents to adopt in israel. they can adopet each other childern by jurisdiction from court. for wide review see http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.810540"