Lilach Ben David

Lilach Ben-David is a transgender and feminist activist based in Haifa.

Recent Articles

LGBTQ youth look out the window as hundreds gather in Jerusalem to demonstrate against the stabbing attack that occurred during the Jerusalem Pride Parade just hours before, July 30, 2015. (Keren Manor/Activestills)

‘I’d rather die in the West Bank’: LGBTQ Palestinians find no safety in Israel

Israel markets itself to the world as an LGBTQ paradise, but testimonies from asylum-seeking queer Palestinians show it sentences them to a life of hell.

By Tamar Ben David and Lilach Ben David September 17, 2021

Noam Chomsky at the University of Toronto, April 7, 2011. (Andrew Rusk/Flickr)

Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy

From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'

By Lilach Ben David February 17, 2021

Hundreds of Palestinians protested against LGBT violence in Haifa following the stabbing of an Arab transgender teen in Tel Aviv last week. August 1, 2019. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘A queer cry for freedom’: Meet the LGBTQ Palestinians demanding liberation

Hundreds of queer Palestinians protested last week following a tumultuous year for the community, which is forced to navigate between homophobia and anti-Palestinian racism.

By Lilach Ben David August 2, 2020