Tel Aviv Pride

A left-wing activist holds up a Palestinian flag at Tel Aviv Pride, June 28, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Why I brought a Palestinian flag to an Israeli Pride rally

I reject the government's exploitation of the LGBTQ+ struggle to further its supremacist goals.

By Shai Gortler and Haokets July 17, 2020

A left-wing activist holds up a Palestinian flag at Tel Aviv Pride, June 28, 2020. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Left-wing activist assaulted over Palestinian flag at Tel Aviv Pride

A man waving a rainbow flag physically attacked a fellow attendee at the Pride event, leaving her with bruises and swelling on her face and body.

By Oren Ziv June 29, 2020

A pride flag at a protest against government incitement against Palestinians and the LGTBQ community in Israel, August 8, 2015, Tel Aviv. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

LGBTQ Israelis come out against occupation and homophobia

In response to online homophobic attacks, over 50 LGBTQ left-wing activists and NGO workers in Israel-Palestine release a statement condemning the occupation, racism and pinkwashing. By Yael (Yael) Marom The week before last a notorious extreme right-wing Israeli rapper posted another homophobic status on his Facebook page. The post, which was not the from a…

By Yali Marom June 5, 2017

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An installation in Jaffa overlooking Tel Aviv, set up ahead of Tel Aviv Pride week. (Tel Aviv Pride Parade Facebook page)

Tel Aviv’s week of Pride and militarism

Next week, as tourists descend on Tel Aviv for the yearly pride parade, a separate international contingent will touch down in the city for a high-profile arms fair. By Tanya Rubinstein The upcoming Tel Aviv Pride parade has set social media, the streets and the queer community alight. In preparation for the June 9 march, the…

By Haokets June 1, 2017

People protest outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv calling to stop the persecution of the gay community in Chechnya, May 5, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel’s deafening silence on Chechnya

Israel claims that its attitude towards the LGBT community within its borders is proof of its ‘light unto the nations’ status. So why is the government silent when LGBTs overseas are rounded up and tortured? By Ilan Manor One winter morning during his second tenure as British prime minister, Winston Churchill awoke to a scandal: two…

By +972 Magazine May 10, 2017

Israelis take part in the annual pride parade in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2015. (Activestills.org)

Did the Israeli government just admit to ‘pinkwashing?’

LGBTQ organizations in Israel are threatening to cancel Tel Aviv’s yearly Pride Parade unless the government allocates more money to their groups and causes at home — and not just use the parade to promote Israel as a bastion of progressive liberalism overseas. The government’s response? Pull the international promotional budget. By Yali (Yael) Marom…

By Yali Marom April 19, 2016

Broadcasting towers at Ramallah, sometime between 1934-39. (photo: The American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem

Radio Ramallah: The cultural bridge that was

Between 1949-1967 there was a radio station that united West Bank Palestinians and Jerusalem Jews. It wasn’t interested in propaganda or demagogy, only playing the most popular Western and Arabic music. A brief history of Radio Ramallah and the legacy it leaves behind. By Niros* Last Saturday night, while walking on Tel Aviv’s Ha’aliya Street,…

By Cafe Gibraltar October 21, 2013

Tel Aviv's alternative pride parade (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

LGBT and feminist struggles are not over: A reminder to the Israeli left

While the majority of Israel’s radical left focuses on the Prawer Plan or ending the occupation, it tends to neglect the hardships of the LGBT community. By Leehee Rothschild Last Thursday, I attended the protest against the Prawer Plan in the Negev. There, in the heat, hundreds of people stood and chanted slogans against the…

By +972 Magazine August 4, 2013