ISRAELI FLOAT BANNED BY MADRID PRIDE
Gay Pride events have become a battleground for the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with Madrid Pride now deciding to ban an Israeli float from its Parade, which is set to take place on the 3rd of July.
The float was meant to represent the city of Tel Aviv but has been barred because the city has refused to condemn the recent attack by Israeli forces on a convoy intending to provide humanitarian support to the Gaza Strip.
The incident, in which nine people were killed, was slammed by governments and human rights organisations around the world.
“After this attack and taking into account that there has been no condemnation on the part of the mayor of Tel Aviv we decided not to allow the float to participate,” said Madrid Pride organisers.
They added, however, that “any Israeli organisation defending human rights, and in particular LGBT rights, may participate in the parade”.
According to the president of the Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals, Antonio Poveda, “We would accept this with joy, especially if they favoured a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli situation”.
This follows news that Pride Toronto earlier this week banned the use of the words “Israeli Apartheid” by a participating group called Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) from its upcoming parade after the event came under pressure from the city and sponsors.
The move has caused a backlash by LGBT activists against the organisers of Pride Toronto who have been accused of restricting participants’ freedom of speech.
This is just pathetic! Since when does the Arab/Muslim world care about human rights? Oh, yes, that’s right! When it’s used as a political tool to further their ends; what about all the gays/lesbians in the Arab/Muslim world who are discriminated and tortured simply because of their sexual orientation? Were their floats banned due to their “human rights violations”? Israel has a right to protect itself and its citizens. I’m not surprised this occurred in Spain – a country which has always historically been anti-Jewish… DISGRACE!!!
…. nowhere did it say that the QuAIA was a muslim organisation…the fact that you failed to dichotomise religion and politics in ur post shows that you have your prejudices against muslims and a blinding allegiance to israel based on religion… It is not only muslims that are against this. I am christian…until people like you can objectively look at a situation without referring to religion where there is no need, theres no ability to distinguish between right and wrong….in any case the article was about censorship more than the conflict so maybe you shouldnt point fingers here
And nowhere did I say that the QuAIA was a Muslim organisation, evidently that was an (incorrect) inference you made. And as for “right and wrong” – if defending and protecting oneself is “wrong” then that says something fundamental about life itself. I suggest you THINK next time you decide to reply to a post.
well the article was about the Pride censoring the QuAIA and u were ranting about the muslims/arab world so yes I did make a (logical) inference… If you insist on debating the conflict then yes It does indeed say something about life itself….that no amount of rhetoric or euphemisms by you or the oppressive Israeli regime can hide the senseless murder of innocent people…there is NO excuse for taking a human life…whether Israeli or Palestinian…every human life should be precious as idealistic as that sounds… calling it defence is along the lines of what Verwoed called apartheid “good neighbourliness” or what the American army calls “collateral damage”…and lastly I will choose to reply to whatever the hack I want considering it was not an offensive response…unless you want me censored…kind of ironic considering the article