Tens of thousands of people on Thursday marched in Tel Aviv's Pride parade - an annual celebration that turns the city's seaside promenade into a boisterous festival of rainbow flags, pounding music and colorful costumes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is made up of ultranationalist and ultra-religious parties whose leaders openly oppose homosexuality. Netanyahu himself has vowed to protect LGBTQ+ rights, and Parliament Speaker Amir Ohana, a member of his party, is openly gay.
Mike Quidort, of Chicago, said he had come in for an entire week of Pride-related activities. “With everything happening in the world right now, I think that it’s really important that we celebrate Pride,” he said. “We still have a lot of work to do and I think it’s important to get together as a community and defend our rights.”
Some critics have accused the country of “pink washing,” or using its tolerance for liberal LGBTQ+ culture as a branding tool to conceal its violations of Palestinian rights.
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