When homophobia becomes a tool for political persecution

Irn Bru wrote:The campaign against the Left in Israel reaches a new low: a planned protest at the wedding of an anti-occupation group’s director and her wife-to-be. It shows that when dissent is characterized as treason, there is no area of one’s life that is off-limits.

t’s a clear sign of the times when protesting at someone’s wedding is considered a legitimate form of political activism. It’s an even clearer sign when such a suggestion barely raises an eyebrow and when someone responsible for educating young people actually gets on board with the idea.

But this is exactly what happened in Israel over the past week when a well known far right-wing activist found out that Breaking the Silence executive director Yuli Novak and her girlfriend, Anat Manielevitch, are planning on getting married.

The right-wing activist, Shai Glick, who claims he has had Breaking the Silence events shut down and convinced Israel’s defense and education ministers to cut all ties with the group, announced on Facebook that he hopes Novak is jailed but if she isn’t, that he will “protest at the wedding of an enemy of the Jews.”

Protesting weddings in Israel is a tactic of the extreme right-wing organization Lehava, which demonstrated outside a wedding between a Palestinian Muslim and an Israeli Jew (who had, in fact, converted to Islam) two summers ago. In an interview with Israeli media outlet Mako [Heb], Glick said: “I collaborate with [Lehava]…within the law.”

You can read the whole sorry episode here...

http://972mag.com/when-homophobia-becomes-a-tool-for-political-persecution/116255/

sassy wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:The campaign against the Left in Israel reaches a new low: a planned protest at the wedding of an anti-occupation group’s director and her wife-to-be. It shows that when dissent is characterized as treason, there is no area of one’s life that is off-limits.

t’s a clear sign of the times when protesting at someone’s wedding is considered a legitimate form of political activism. It’s an even clearer sign when such a suggestion barely raises an eyebrow and when someone responsible for educating young people actually gets on board with the idea.

But this is exactly what happened in Israel over the past week when a well known far right-wing activist found out that Breaking the Silence executive director Yuli Novak and her girlfriend, Anat Manielevitch, are planning on getting married.

The right-wing activist, Shai Glick, who claims he has had Breaking the Silence events shut down and convinced Israel’s defense and education ministers to cut all ties with the group, announced on Facebook that he hopes Novak is jailed but if she isn’t, that he will “protest at the wedding of an enemy of the Jews.”

Protesting weddings in Israel is a tactic of the extreme right-wing organization Lehava, which demonstrated outside a wedding between a Palestinian Muslim and an Israeli Jew (who had, in fact, converted to Islam) two summers ago. In an interview with Israeli media outlet Mako [Heb], Glick said: “I collaborate with [Lehava]…within the law.”

You can read the whole sorry episode here...

http://972mag.com/when-homophobia-becomes-a-tool-for-political-persecution/116255/

How low can you go - the Israeli government ministers will show you they can go lower.  Nothing is off limits to them

Irn Bru wrote:

sassy wrote:

How low can you go - the Israeli government ministers will show you they can go lower.  Nothing is off limits to them

Surely this has to be condemned from all quarters.

nicko wrote:Any excuse to bash Israel,  have a go at north Korea and a few others.

Raggamuffin wrote:I don't think this is anything to do with homophobia tbh.

sassy wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:I don't think this is anything to do with homophobia tbh.

The two people wanting to get married are gay, and that is why he is using it as a political tool, if they were straight he wouldn't be able to do it, so how is it NOT homophobia?

Raggamuffin wrote:

sassy wrote:

The two people wanting to get married are gay, and that is why he is using it as a political tool, if they were straight he wouldn't be able to do it, so how is it NOT homophobia?

He wants to use their wedding as an event at which he can protest about Breaking the Silence - lots of people together in one place, he want perhaps to spoil their day, etc. I don't see any evidence that it's because they're gay.

sassy wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

He wants to use their wedding as an event at which he can protest about Breaking the Silence - lots of people together in one place, he want perhaps to spoil their day, etc. I don't see any evidence that it's because they're gay.

You don't know what his group's views on homosexuality is then?  If they weren't gay he couldn't do it.