Until Thursday, men seeking to donate blood in Israel were asked whether they had same-sex relations in the past 12 months, a category that would disqualify them from giving. last year because of a drop in the nation’s blood supply. eased restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, following a similar decision by the U.S. JERUSALEM - Israel has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding limitation was discriminatory and denigrating, Israel’s health minister said Thursday.Įarlier this year the U.K. Iraq makes it illegal to attempt normalizing ties with Israel GOP House candidate goes on anti-Semitic rant: Israelis ‘control a lot of’ pols The city must stop CUNY Law using taxpayer funds to target Jewish studentsīrooklyn pol pulls $50K CUNY Law School funding over anti-Israel boycott