Thursday, October 29, 2009

Jewish settler saves gay Palestinian man

It is heartening that even in situations fraught with conflict and chaos, with actors highly polarised and suspicious, extraordinarily, decency and humanity survives.
Ynet News reports:
Young Palestinian man who lives with his partner in Israel visits his parents in West Bank, not allowed back into Israel. Residents of his villages threaten to kill him. Rescue comes from unexpected source: Religious Jewish settler who agreed to hide him in settlement
Read the rest of this story here.

Many young gay and lesbian Palestinians flee forced marriage and even murder by trying to enter Israel.

This isn't an apologia for the settlement movement.

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