"I have asked that studies be carried out into this ugly ideology of our times, which cancels out the differences and makes everything the same," the pope said.
Weinberg, 65, will be serving as a city council member in the town of Kiryat Tivon, southeast of Haifa. She is a mother of two and also a grandmother.
The ruling reviving the 2020 lawsuit comes amid a push by Republican-led states to bar transgender athletes from competing on teams or sports that align with their gender identities.
Dana International, the Israeli Eurovision winner, urged the LGBTQ community on Instagram to condemn Hamas, stressing the importance of supporting peace and equality.
Trans rights activists argued that the Foreign Ministry was not aiding in efforts to bring the woman home.
The controversial new policy enforces students using their pronouns assigned at birth and their birth names and forbids same-sex relationships.
The law also bans post-surgery transgender people from adopting children and annuls the marriages of post-surgery transgender people.
The Galilee Medical Center conducted the gender affirming surgeries in collaboration with the Sheba Medical Center.
Ambassador Herzog stressed "we must actively take a stand against those voices...who seek to spread intolerance and bigotry."
US district court judges elsewhere have blocked state laws banning gender-affirming care in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana and Oklahoma.
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