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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/PA-bans-LGBT-activities-in-West-Bank-598980
PA Bans LGBTQ Activities in West Bank
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority banned members of the Palestinian LGBTQ community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank, after the grassroots group Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society was planning to hold a gathering in Nablus this month. Luay Zreikat, spokesperson for the PA Police, said that such activities are "harmful to the higher values and ideals of Palestinian society." The PA police will see to it that those behind the LGBTQ group are brought to trial once they are arrested, he warned. A member of Al-Qaws said that since the police announcement, he and his friends have received hundreds of threats and hate messages from Palestinians, especially through Facebook. "They are calling us traitors and corrupt people and many are calling for our execution. We are afraid for our lives."