A Tel Aviv homeless shelter for drug and alcohol addicts bars
entrance to HIV/AIDS patients in violation of the law but says
the move is necessary due to concerns about needle sharing.
"This shelter excludes HIV carriers due to fears about shared
needles," the Tel Aviv municipality said. "At the other three
shelters there is no such restriction."  Lasova, the nonprofit
group that manages the city's homeless shelters, said the
shelter bases its policy on the belief that it's unfair to
expose addicts to HIV infection.  "A dormitory for the homeless
isn't a hotel," Lasova said, adding that shelters have to "apply
different rules than what is accepted in places that follow
accepted social norms."  The municipality is required to help
the homeless under regulations set by the Social Affairs
Ministry. The municipality has privatized its services for
taking care of the homeless, handing them over to Lasova. Lasova
operates four homeless shelters in Tel Aviv.  Several months ago
the Israel AIDS Task Force and the As