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The text was voted Wednesday by an Israeli parliament under the influence of religious groups. Many companies stand on the side of demonstrators.
Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Sunday, including in Tel Aviv , against a law that excludes same-bad couples from the right to use surrogacy (GPA). The police did not give figures on the number of demonstrators, but the daily Haaretz mentioned the presence of some 60,000 people in Yitzhak Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.
The call for demonstrations and a strike Sunday was launched after Parliament voted on Wednesday to allow a surrogate mother for single or infertile women, but banning same-bad couples and single men. Previously, this right was granted in Israel only to married heterobadual couples.
One of the main arteries of Tel Aviv was blocked on Sunday for twenty minutes by hundreds of demonstrators. In the center of Jerusalem, traffic was also blocked by protesters, two of whom were arrested, according to a police spokesman.
Some 200 companies announced that they allow their employees who wish do not work to protest without this day being cut off from their holidays. "It's a symbolic measure, but one that expresses real support" Julien Bahloul, spokesman for the Association of Gay Fathers of Israel, said,
The influence of the religious right
"We Demand Equality for the LGBT Community" added Chen Arieli, present at Yitzhak Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. According to her, the protesters are not only demonstrating for the GPA, but for the safety of homobaduals on the street. In 2015, a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death by an ultraorthodox Jew at Gay Pride.
Several companies have also announced that they are ready to contribute the equivalent of over $ 15,000. (12,700 euros) expenses incurred by homobadual couples forced to use surrogacy abroad
According to Mr. Bahloul, homobadual couples wishing to have children must find a surrogate mother in the United States or Canada , which amounts to more than $ 100,000 whereas if the GPA was allowed in Israel, the cost would be half as much.
Israel is considered a pioneer country in terms of gay and bad rights, but homobaduality remains a taboo in religious circles, very influential in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, considered the most right in the history of the Jewish state.
The deputy of oppositio Ofer Shelah (center) said Sunday he had gathered enough signatures from parliamentarians to force the prime minister to come to Parliament to explain the controversial law. According to the public television channel 11, the Israeli Supreme Court is to consider in the coming days a request from two male couples against the law.
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