Tensions Rise as Homosexhibitionist Parade in Jerusalem Nears
Pastor Dale Morgan
Tensions Rise as Homosexhibitionist Parade in Jerusalem Nears*
16:41 Nov 03, '06 / 11 Cheshvan 5767
by Hillel Fendel
The High Court has been asked to order the cancellation of the
homosexual exhibitionist march in order to avoid violence. Apparent
supporters of the parade vandalized a synagogue in Tel Aviv.
Worshipers at the Geulat Yisrael synagogue in central Tel Aviv arrived
this morning to find broken windows and this message scrawled on one of
the walls: "If we don't march in Jerusalem, you won't walk in Tel Aviv."
The police have begun an investigation.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, a former Neturei Karta member who now heads the Zaka
emergency rescue and recovery organization, has filed a suit with the
Supreme Court against the parade. The suit, filed against Israel Police
and Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco, demands that the march be called
off in order not to endanger the public.
"Already today," Meshi-Zahav told Ynet, "the hospitals are preparing,
police won't be allowed to go on vacations, thousands of security force
personnel are being enlisted, there is tension, disturbances and
demonstrations - and there's no reason for this whole mess."
Asked why he is taking action against the homosexuals and not those who
threaten violence against them, Meshi-Zahav said, "The marchers have the
alternative of marching somewhere else, but the opponents of the parade
have no alternatives."
As others before him, Meshi-Zahav cites the ban on Jews entering the
Temple Mount most of the year because of a fear of Arab violence. Col.
(ret.) Meir Indor, of the Almagor Terror Victims Association, said that
if the police do not cancel the parade but rather provide increased
protection, "I will petition the Supreme Court to allow and protect
Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, despite the threats of Arab violence
that will result."
Two months ago, when the marchers wished to hold the offensive event on
the day before Rosh HaShanah, the Supreme Court oversaw a "compromise"
in which the date would be pushed off to Nov. 10. "But they didn't take
into account what has been happening in Jerusalem over the past two
days," Meshi-Zahav said. "Maybe [Franco] thought he would get it done
easily, but he is not, and the public leaders told him clearly that it
would not pass easily."
Similar homosexual marches in Israel and around the world have not
limited themselves to dignified calls for equal rights, but included
also exhibitionist men and women in various states of undress. "What may
be acceptable in Scandinavia or Amsterdam has no place in the Holy
Land," say both Jewish and Moslem leaders.
Pro-Arab and anti-Israel messages are often promulgated at these marches
as well.
Among the planned protest activities will be a mass public recital of
Psalms outside the Great Synagogue on King George St., beginning at 9:00
on the morning of the planned march, Nov. 10. Many synagogue will hold
services on the street this Sabbath, and rabbis' sermons will
concentrate on the sanctity of marital relations and the obligation to
protest against evil.
The route of the Friday afternoon march will take it from Independence
Park, not far from the Great Synagogue, down Agron and King David
Streets, and then to Liberty Bell Park, where the marchers will hold a
concluding rally.