Over 250,000 revelers flood Tel Aviv for Israel's biggt ever Gay Pri para | The Tim of Israel

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• 2023 TEL AVIV GAY PRI MARCH DATE - TEL AVIV FOM
• OVER 250,000 REVELERS FLOOD TEL AVIV FOR ISRAEL’S BIGGT EVER GAY PRI PARA
• ISRAEL’S GAY PRI PARAS REVEAL JT HOW FAR THE NATN HAS STRAYED OM S BIBLIL FOUNDATNS
• FOR ME, BEG GAY AND ZNIST ARE ONE AND THE SAME

2023 TEL AVIV GAY PRI MARCH DATE - TEL AVIV FOM

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OVER 250,000 REVELERS FLOOD TEL AVIV FOR ISRAEL’S BIGGT EVER GAY PRI PARA

Jesalem's march is typilly more subdued than the one gay-iendly Tel Aviv, where tens of thoands of revelers pour to the streets for a massive, multilored party.

”Prime Mister Benjam Netanyahu's ernment is ma up of ultranatnalist and ultra-relig parti who openly oppose homosexualy, although the Israeli lear has promised to protect LGBTQ+ rights and a member of his party who is gay is the Knset speaker. The untry's Fance Mister Bezalel Smotrich has the past clared he was a “proud homophobe.

ISRAEL’S GAY PRI PARAS REVEAL JT HOW FAR THE NATN HAS STRAYED OM S BIBLIL FOUNDATNS

"There are people who are very much homophobic and very much transphobic who are the ernment today and hold posns of power and budget and are workg agast actually right now, ” she rried a flag that read: “There is no pri whout mocracy. At the para 2015, an ultra-Orthodox Israeli man stabbed 16-year-old Shira Banki to ath and wound several is generally tolerant toward the LGBTQ+ muny, a rary the nservative Middle East, where homosexualy is wily nsired taboo and is outlawed some plac.

Members of the LGBTQ+ muny serve openly Israel’s ary and parliament, and many popular artists and entertaers are openly gay. Jewish ultra-Orthodox parti, which wield signifint fluence over matters of relign and state, oppose homosexualy as a vlatn of relig law, as do other relig groups nservative make-up of Netanyahu's ernment sparked new fears the LGBTQ+ muny, which had seen gas unr the prev, short-lived admistratn led by Netanyahu's rivals.

JERUSALEM — Thoands of people are expected to march Jesalem’s Pri para Thursday, an annual event that is takg place this year unr Israel’s most right-wg ernment ever, stacked wh openly homophobic march the nservative cy is always tense and tightly secured by police, and has been h by vlence the past.

FOR ME, BEG GAY AND ZNIST ARE ONE AND THE SAME

Jesalem’s march is typilly more subdued than the one gay-iendly Tel Aviv, where tens of thoands of revelers pour to the streets for a massive, multilored party. But Thursday’s para Jesalem is expected to draw bigger crowds than ual a show of force agast the ernment and s plan to rhape the legal Mister Benjam Netanyahu’s ernment is ma up of ultranatnalist and ultra-relig parti that openly cry homosexualy, although the Israeli lear has promised to protect LGBTQ+ rights and a gay member of his party is the speaker of the parliament.

Fance Mister Bezalel Smotrich has the past clared he was a “proud homophobe.

At the para 2015, an ultra-Orthodox man stabbed 16-year-old Shira Banki to ath and wound several is a rare bastn of tolerance for the LGBTQ+ muny the nservative Middle East, where homosexualy is wily nsired taboo and is outlawed some plac. Jewish ultra-Orthodox parti, which wield signifint fluence over matters of relign and state, oppose homosexualy as a vlatn of relig law, as do other relig groups nservative makp of Netanyahu’s ernment sparked new fears the LGBTQ+ muny, which had seen gas unr the prev, short-lived admistratn led by Netanyahu’s rivals. Muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament.

Another far-right mister wh a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now overse the police, was tasked wh securg Jesalem para is normally a relatively staid annual tradn. Activists have reported a sharp crease anti-gay abe and vlence Israel recent months, and had been expectg a large turnout for this year’s para. Members of Israel’s tech sector, women’s anizatns and army rervists who, together wh the gay muny, have played a proment role the anti-judicial overhl protts, attend the Jesalem para Netanyahu has pledged to protect gay rights and appoted Amir Ohana, a member of his nservative Likud party, as the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Ohana was publicly weled at a state ceremony this year, markg the 75th anniversary of Israel’s tablishment, together wh his life partner, unrlg the high profile of the gay muny Israel even as hostile rhetoric om officials grows.