Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020Israeli lawmakers gave on Wednesday their preliminary approval to ban so-called conversion therapy, which aims to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ people, but is widely discredited by experts as ineffectual and harmful. Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party voted in favor, defying the coalition's stance against the bill. “ … belongs outside the law,” Gantz wrote on Twitter ahead of the vote. “It’s the right thing to do.” Gantz's party broke coalition lines in voting in favor of the bill, which was sponsored by left-wing opposition party Meretz and staunchly opposed...…Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020Israeli lawmakers gave on Wednesday their preliminary approval to ban so-called conversion therapy, which aims to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ people, but is widely discredited by experts as ineffectual and harmful. Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party voted in favor, defying the coalition's stance against the bill. “ … belongs outside the law,” Gantz wrote on Twitter ahead of the vote. “It’s the right thing to do.” Gantz's party broke coalition lines in voting in favor of the bill, which was sponsored by left-wing opposition party Meretz and staunchly opposed...WW…