A quarter of a million people from around the world gathered in Tel Aviv yesterday to march in the largest ever pride parade in the Middle East. This year’s parade marked 20 years since the first pride parade in the city and it paid tribute to the pioneering activists who promoted LGBT rights and visibility […]
A twenty year old man from the Bnei Brak area of Israel was arrested by police after he made threats against a Tel Aviv Pride Parade. The young man, who follows Haredi Judaism, allegedly posted a message to Facebook asking if any of his friends wanted to join him for a terror attack on Tel Aviv’s […]
Israel has reschedule their upcoming election because the date clashes with a Britney Spears concert. The poll was scheduled for July 3rd, but it’s had to be pushed back a day due to accommodate Britney’s tour. “We delayed the vote one day, to July 4. We couldn’t hire enough security for the election because of […]
♦ London surprised by mysterious billboard A mysterious billboard has appeared in the Waterloo area of London with an ominous message; “Imagine London Without Gays…” The foreboding message shows the Big Ben, surrounded by empty streets leading to speculation about the meaning of the billboard on social media. Does anyone know what this ad is […]
OPINION Yishai Shlissel claimed one young life in his violent attack. A 16 year old girl. Who was among five others who were stabbed at Jerusalem’s LGBTI Pride Parade. Shira Banki died in hospital, to the devastation of her family, friends and her broader community. Her attacker, an Orthodox Jew, who is not a […]
The US embassy in Tel Aviv announced on Tuesday that a rainbow flag had been raised alongside the U.S. flag in celebration of LGBT Pride week. Daniel Shapiro, the US ambassador to Tel Aviv, had this to say: “For the first time in history… the US Embassy in Tel Aviv has raised the Pride flag together […]
