pink-washing

Rainbow and Israeli flags at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 8, 2012. (US Embassy/State Dept. photo)
Why I won’t be participating in Tel Aviv’s Pride Parade
Israeli security forces exploit Palestinians’ sexual orientation to blackmail them into becoming collaborators. The Israeli LGBT mainstream’s silence about this persecution exposes a moral lapse. By Fady Khoury This weekend, LGBT Israelis will take to the streets of Tel Aviv as part of the yearly Pride Parade, this year under the banner, “gender equality and support…
By +972 Magazine June 7, 2015
The Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, June 26, 2008. (Photo by Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
The cynical use of homophobia to attack the Joint List
The Pride Parade has become a litmus test of enlightenment for politicians. But clinging to that symbol is dangerous in that it disconnects the parade from its actual context — the LGBTQ community’s struggle for equal rights. By Inna Michaeli In a video question-and-answer segment produced by Haaretz this week, Arab actress and singer Mira…
By +972 Magazine March 12, 2015
Ambassador Oren boasts Israel’s record on gay rights – but gets facts wrong
Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren claims “Israel fought for gay rights even before 1967.” Problem is, homosexuality was illegal until 1988. Michael Oren, the American Jew turned Israeli ambassador to the US, is apparently not content with embarrassing himself about Israel’s record regarding its Christian citizens. In an interview with the Philadelphia newspaper…
By Yossi Gurvitz May 7, 2012
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Tel Aviv protest for social justice, June 30 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills)
The tent protest: neither social justice, nor revolution
This article was jointly written by Dahlia Scheindlin and Joseph Dana, based on our shared experiences of the protests. The popular, mass protests here that began as a cry of rage against housing prices have evolved admirably into a public outcry against a slew of deep-rooted problems in Israeli social and economic life. Visiting the…
By Dahlia Scheindlin July 31, 2011
Young Jews from all over the world participating in the Taglit Birthright program at an event held at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
Tel Aviv Gay Pride March: Guest photo blog
Among whispers of pink-washing, and a fraught, sometimes violent history surrounding gay display in Israeli cities, Eyal Warshavsky provides a guest photo blog of last Friday’s Gay Pride March in central Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv Gay Pride 2011 – Images by Eyal Warshavsky
By +972 Magazine June 13, 2011
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