Gay Pri Para set to march through Jesalem later today | The Tim of Israel

Contents:

• GAY PRI PARA SET TO MARCH THROUGH JESALEM LATER TODAY
• THOANDS JO GAY PRI PARA NSERVATIVE JESALEM
• JESALEM IS PRECISELY THE PLACE FOR A GAY PRI PARA
• CELEBRATN, SORROW AND ARRTS AT ANNUAL GAY PRI MARCH JESALEM
• NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS

GAY PRI PARA SET TO MARCH THROUGH JESALEM LATER TODAY

Gay pri stabber Yishai Schlissel is led out of the urtroom, at the Jesalem District Court on June 26, 2016, after beg sentenced to life prison and an addnal 31 years. Thoands are expected today Jesalem for the cy’s annual — and ght — Gay Pri Para, set to beg at 1 p.

Police bolstered on pal’s streets for annual event; 2 teens taed for puttg up posters agast event; anti-gay Lehava group monstrat agast participants. Thoands of people take part the annual Gay Pri Para Jesalem, June 3, 2021.

THOANDS JO GAY PRI PARA NSERVATIVE JESALEM

The annual event is a highlight for the cy’s vibrant LGBT muny, which is often overshadowed by Tel Aviv’s gay-iendly persona and bet by relig and polil tensns ever-prent the pal. As thoands filled the pal’s streets, a small monstratn prottg the para was held by members of the far-right and anti-gay Lehava anizatn.

Right wg activists monstrate agast the annual Gay Pri para Jesalem, on June 3, 2021. People at the Gay Pri Para Jesalem on June 3, 2021, look at a photo of Shira Banki, murred by an ultra-Orthodox extremist at the march 2015.

Muny feels threatened by the right-wg ernment and s judicial overhl plan — even wh a gay speaker of Parliament.

JESALEM IS PRECISELY THE PLACE FOR A GAY PRI PARA

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.

CELEBRATN, SORROW AND ARRTS AT ANNUAL GAY PRI MARCH JESALEM

Dpe lls om the gay muny for Mr. 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.

“Maybe we won’t see a law sayg gay men have to wear a pk shirt Israel, ” said Jonathan Valfer, chairman of the Jesalem Open Hoe for Pri and Tolerance and a para anizer, of the potential dangers posed by the ernment’s judicial the end, he said an terview, gay rights — such as same-sex surrogacy rights — have mostly been nferred by the Supreme Court rather than the lawmakers.

”ImageAmir Ohana, a member of the nservative Likud party, is the first openly gay speaker of Israel’s Elkayam for The New York TimReflectg the more nservative character of the holy cy, the annual para Jesalem is much smaller and quieter than the rnival-like one Tel Aviv, which tak place a week later and attracts up to 250, 000 Israeli L. Activists had raised fears of vlence durg the para, cg a 2022 report that showed a spike plats about homophobic and transphobic verbal and physil asslts Israel the last two months of last year, a rult, they said, of the oute of the Nov.

NOT THE ONN: MOSW BANS GAY PRI FOR NEXT 100 YEARS

On Thursday, only about 30 people showed up for the anti-gay Peer scribed as “absurd” that Mr.

He and Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right fance mister, participated a notor “Beast Para, ” a provotive anti-gay march wh donkeys and goat Jesalem Gharabli/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagBoth Mr. Ben-Gvir have sce exprsed regret for that event, but gay activists still view them as dangero.