Is conversion therapy banned in Israel?
Partial ban
Israel bans conversion therapy for medical professionals, but not for all practitioners.
Israel is one of 27 countries classified “Partial ban” for conversion therapy — 15% of the 175 with data.
Source
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Palestine
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Jordan
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Lebanon
- No ban Lebanon has no legal ban on conversion therapy, though the psychiatric society discourages it.
- Cyprus
- Banned Cyprus Parliament passed a bill criminalizing conversion therapy.
- Syria
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Egypt
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
Other laws in Israel
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
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