Is “Queers for Palestine” legitimate, or is it just Pinkwashing?
The Israeli Response
Pinkwashing definition:
Pink-washing is a term used to conceal or distract from a separate agenda by supporting and protesting for LGBTQ+ rights.
Often, the support offered is not genuine and is unlikely to benefit the cause.
Ultimately, pinkwashing is based on the noun form of the verb "whitewash," meaning “to cover up or gloss over past deeds or faults.”
In this case, the protests for queer rights are “washing” out the brutal acts taken against the people of Israel a time of peace and ongoing in the current war.
The Islamic states’ view on Homosexuality:
Islamic law, as interpreted today, unanimously classifies same-sex sexual activity as haram (prohibited).
Islamic law declares that sexual fulfillment can only occur within heterosexual marriages. Consequently, as homosexual activity involves individuals of the same sex, it is deemed unlawful, and transgresses the boundaries of marriage.
Homosexuality exists in practice in the Muslim world but is considered unlawful, abnormal, and even punishable under Islamic law.
The prohibition of the homosexual act can be traced back to the biblical teachings against sodomy.
Examples of laws Prohibiting or Used to Punish Same-Sex Conduct and Gender Expression in the Middle East:
Article 9 of Law 10/1961 on the Combating of Prostitution punishes anyone who “habitually engages in debauchery or prostitution” or who offers, owns, or manages establishments for such activities, with up to three years in prison and a fine up to 300 Egyptian pounds (US$ 17). Law enforcement authorities and courts have generally stretched the interpretation of the term to apply to consensual same-sex conduct between men.
Article 534 of Lebanon’s penal code punishes “any sexual intercourse contrary to the order of nature” with up to one year in prison, a provision that has been used frequently to prosecute people suspected of homosexuality.
Hamas’s persecution of homosexuals:
Hamas executed one of their leading commanders as a response to allegations of homosexuality and theft. The man was charged with moral turpitude, a Hamas term for homosexuality.
A 17-year-old child was imprisoned for three days after Hamas caught him having sex with his boyfriend.
The boy was interviewed and told the story of how Hamas would kidnap him off the streets, torture him, and then release him.
Anti-Israel movements are concealing their goals to delegitimize, denormalize, and eradicate Israel as a democratic Jewish State by leveraging the LGBTQ community's struggle for rights and appealing to the world for support.
