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Favorable Ruling
For Israel's Gays
Jerusalem (JTA) — The High
Court of Justice handed Israel's
gay community a major victory
this week, ruling that a compa-
ny must extend the same bene-
fits to gay couples that it does to
heterosexual couples.
In the landmark 50-page deci-
sion, the court ordered El Al
Airlines to grant the partner
of steward Jonathan Danilovitz
an annual free ticket and
other benefits the company al-
ready extends to heterosexual
couples.
The ruling brought to an end
a five-year legal journey that
wound through Israel's court sys-
tem, reaching the High Court af-
ter El Al appealed a labor court
ruling in favor of Danilovitz, a na-
tive South African.
The decision was based on an
amendment to Israel's basic law
for equal rights in the workplace,
which bans discrimination based
on sexual orientation.
The High Court ruling drew
the ire of Israel's fervently reli-
gious political parties.
Gay rights
activists hailed
the decision.
Knesset member Shlomo
Benizri of the Shag Party said his
party views the decision as a chal-
lenge to the sacred values of Ju-
daism. He added that his party
was planning to take steps in the
wake of the ruling, but declined
to specify what they would be.
Gay rights activists hailed the
decision, saying it would have far-
reaching implications for Israeli
society, which is regarded as con-
servative when it comes to ho-
mosexuality.
"I feel this is a major break-
through on several levels.' One of
the justices explicitly said the
decision is based not only on the
law itself, but on the principle of
equality of all human beings,"
said Amit Kama, the executive
director of the Society for the Pro-
tection of Personal Rights.
"I believe that as long as our
laws and court decisions are tol-
erant and liberal and pro-gay,
then more and more people and
heterosexuals will get rid of ho-
mophobia. Homosexuals and les-
bians will feel more comfortable
to come out in the workplace, to
be open about themselves," said
Mr. Kama.
The ruling held personal sig-
nificance for Mr. Kama. He and
his partner, a full-time professor
at Tel Aviv University, have sued
the school to grant Mr. Kama the
social benefits given spouses of
university employees.