Israel – 200,000 Party At Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, Region’s Biggest

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     Members of the LGBT community in Israel protest the anti-LGBT stance of the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they gather in a park for the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, Israel, 03 June 2016. The parade attracted well over 100,000 members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and supporters.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDERIsrael – Colorfully-dressed drag queens and bare-chested muscular men on floats partied alongside thousands of others from the LGBT community at Tel Aviv’s annual gay pride parade on Friday, the largest event of its kind in the Middle East.

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    Israeli media reported that 200,000 people joined the festivities.

    “The sun is out and everybody is partying and having fun, the atmosphere is great,” said Christian Tummann, a German tourist celebrating with his husband.

    “I feel so happy, so happy, that I can go to the Middle East and still be proud, it’s very nice,” said Swedish tourist Dona Ulzen.

    Parts of the bustling city shut for traffic and loud music blasted along the parade’s route, which was crowded with people dancing and waving balloons and rainbow flags.

    Israel is widely tolerant of gay people, and Tel Aviv has emerged as one of the world’s most gay-friendly travel destinations. The city stands in sharp contrast to much of the region, where people are persecuted and may even be killed because of their sexuality.

    Jerusalem, known for its rich religious history, holds a modest pride parade each year.

    The majority of Jerusalem’s residents are observant Jews, Muslims or Christians, conservative communities whose members mostly frown on homosexuality. But violent attacks on gay people are rare.

    A radical ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed a teenage girl to death at Jerusalem’s parade in 2015. The attack was widely condemned and the killer was convicted for murder.


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    Aron1
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    Aron1
    7 years ago

    Nebach

    Frish
    Frish
    7 years ago

    Shame on vos iz nies for reporting this

    yochy
    yochy
    7 years ago

    it should not be a kitrug on klal yisroel g-d forbid. hey are probably tinok shnishba- so sad. In Israel.

    VeyIzMir
    VeyIzMir
    7 years ago

    Busha!

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    7 years ago

    No reason to carry this story here.

    Itchakadoozie3
    Itchakadoozie3
    7 years ago

    Ok, People. We see we can’t fight this and it’s a sign of our sad times and we daven for their souls to see the light, but who’s up with me in organizing a 400,000 strong- party for Guard your eyes and Kedushas haguf?!

    ALTERG3
    ALTERG3
    7 years ago

    Is there any one still thinking israel is a Jewish state?

    AlbertEinstein
    AlbertEinstein
    7 years ago

    Bereishis Rabba 26:5

    Rabbi Huna in the name of Rebbi said, “the generation of the flood was not eradicated from the world until they wrote marriage contracts for homosexuality and bestiality.”

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    Zionism produced this and Jewish women having kids with Arabs until Zionism neither of this happened