JERUSALEM (JTA) — Reported homophobic incidents in Israel increased by 54 percent in 2018 over the previous year, according to a new report.The report by the Nir Katz Center on LGBT-phobia was delivered to President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday.The center, named after Nir Katz, a teen who was murdered in the Bar Noar hate attack in 2009, is part of the Aguda: The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel. Bar Noar is a center and meeting place for LGBTQ teens.

U Izraelu su povećani homofobni incidenti za 54% u 2018. godini,  prema izvještaju "Nir Katz Centra za LGBT fobiju" koji je poslan predjedniku Reuven Rivninu. Taj je centar dobio ime po Nir Katzu, tinejđeru koji je ubijen u  Bar Noar ( mjestu sastajanja LGBTQ omladine)u  napadu  mržnje u 2009. godini. Centar je dio  AGUDA " The association for LGBTQ in Israel".

Prema izvještaju incidenti i uznemiravanje ili napadi protiv članova LGBTQ zajednice događaju se u prosjeku svakih 10 sati,  a socijalni mediji izražavaju mržnju online svake četiri. Bilo je 821 takav napad u 2018 godini ( 533 u 2017).

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Twenty-five percent of the incidents, including violence, hate speech, discrimination and harassment, took place occurred in a public space, according to the report. Some 22 percent were online or in the media, 15 percent were at home or within the family, and 13 percent in the workplace, according to the report.

In addition, 8 percent of the incidents were public statements made by public figures: 46 percent were media personalities, 31 percent were rabbis, 15 percent were local lawmakers 8 percent were Knesset lawmakers.

Some 45 percent of incidents targeted men and 38 percent targeted the small transgender community. The largest number of incidents, at 33 percent, took place in Tel Aviv, with 15 percent occurring in Jerusalem.

Chen Arieli, chair of the Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel, told Rivlin that the biggest problem was “the need to raise consciousness about the need to report. ..