A few days ago, the Israeli parliament, with the support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blocked a legal change on that would have given the LGBT community the right to become parents. The new law denies state-supported surrogacy to LGBT couples and single men.
In response, Israel’s LGBT Task Force called publicly for a strike on Sunday, "The LGBT community is calling upon you, the LGBT and community supporters, to join us in a one-day nationwide strike on Sunday, July 22, Tisha Be’av".
During the last few days, a huge list of big companies and organizations in Israel publicized their support and joined the strike by allowing their employees to take a paid day off work to join the nationwide protest.
This morning, the board of Wikimedia Israel, alongside with other organizations joined this call and published this announcement:
"Wikimedia Israel supports the just struggle for full equality, led by the Israeli LGTBQ community.
Equality to every woman and man, regardless of gender, sexual preference, religion, origin, or disability is a central value in the international Wikimedia Movement.
The current outcry for the right for parenthood, indiscriminate medical treatment, and protection against violent statements by public figures against the LGTBQ community, is a part of the grand and continuous struggle for full rights and legitimacy to the Israeli LGTBQ community, and we support them in their struggle."
