Fights breakout at Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv
Pastor Dale Morgan
Jun 6, 2008 14:39 | Updated Jun 6, 2008 15:21
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Fights breakout at Gay Pride parade in Tel Aviv*
By JPOST.COM STAFF
There were brief altercations Friday between participants in the Tel
Aviv Gay Pride parade and a group of right-wing and religious demonstrators.
No one was wounded and police were not required to intervene.
The demonstrators held signs which read: 'Animals! You have nothing to
be proud of, take your medication.'
Meanwhile, Meretz faction chairperson Zahava Gal-On, who attended the
march, slammed Shas and its chairman Eli Yishai, who on Thursday
attempted to prevent the parade from going ahead by filing a compliant
to police.
"Yishai cannot profit politically at the expense of the participants in
the Gay Pride parade," said Gal-On, adding that Shas was "trying take us
back to the Middle Ages."