Rise of homophobic parties mobilises LGBTQ Israelis

[Behind the Aegis]

Religious and far-right politicians, who have compared gay people to animals and demanded an end to Pride rallies, are poised to enter the next Israeli government sparking fear among the LGBTQ community.

After veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu topped the polls earlier this month, he is expected to form a coalition with two ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties and the extreme-right Religious Zionism alliance.

One far-right lawmaker, Avi Maoz, set the tone last week, telling army radio: "We're going to study the legal avenues to cancel Gay Pride."

Religious Zionism leaders Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have a long history of hostility towards the LGBTQ community. In 2006, the duo organised a "beast march" which saw opponents of the Pride parade walk alongside donkeys in Jerusalem.

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The further right a country moves, the more homophobic they become.

[yankee87]

1. Reich wing

All Reich wing parties need someone to hate, and it's always the LGBTQI citizens. Stay safe

[lambchopp59]

2. I'm no fan of Fox radio but lately...

Doing a lot of errand driving in northwest Arizona, punching the dial, I land on their FM channel. Some places it's all there is.
They've turned the anti-trans volume up to 10 since their midterm debacle. I heard cursing out the "groomers" half a dozen times, Sean Hannitary Napkin going way, way overboard on connecting every fake controversy into LGBTQ somehow.
I'd say in total I've listened to 10 minutes of that Fox station over the last couple days and got one homophobic earful. Of course one call-in show I eavesdropped on, local callers went absolutely bonkers about protecting their offspring from CRT and "groomers".
They are heading up the charge to slam enlightenment into reverse and leave LGBTQ kids as bewildered, isolated, bullied and suicidal as when I had absolutely no info to go on half a decade ago.
Please send your dollars to radio-free America, P.O. Box God help us all, Nyork, Nyork, 10005.

[Pete Ross Junior]

3. The Demographic trend among Israeli Jews ...

... means over 50% Orthodox very soon.