 Despite this, in May "Haaretz" reported that a health maintenance organization refused to pay for two sex-change surgeries, resulting in significant expenses by the patients.A national LGBTI task force found that 80 percent of transgender persons, 50 percent of lesbians and 20 percent of gay men were discriminated against when seeking employment.Israel is committed to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination treaties in regard to social and cultural rights for minorities.