I’m going on vacation so that “week of hotties” we just ran will have to satiate you for a while.
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Some of you might prefer things other than my usual human rights/activism/save-the-world kind of entries, and I understand that. For those of you who just want to see some flesh, I have arranged a full week of Mideast Piece beach shots, one piece for each of the next seven days. Enjoy!
The Middle East have been sexy longer than…
Well, this picture of fishermen at Eilat dates from 1951.
Yesterday’s Tel Aviv Pride was not at large as past years when some 200,000 would attend (quite large when one considers there are only 7 million Israelis!). Corporate sponsors - the mainstay of any Pride event - stayed away in droves because of the ultra-Orthodox community’s threat to boycott them if they supported the event.
When all was said and done, reports put the number of participants at 15,000, with 500 police officers and volunteers posted for protection. Several dozen right-wing activists were on hand to tell participants they are bringing disaster on Israel, blah blah blah.
The day began with a rally near the spot where Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin was murdered in 1995. I found this ironic because the same forces responsible for the incitement leading to his murder (ultra-Orthodox, anti-democratic extremists) also advocate for the murder of gays (i.e., reward posters in Jerusalem’s religious neighborhoods).
The parade itself was rather tame, and ended at the beach for a slightly less tame party. “I am wearing a girdle, and I haven’t been able to breathe for an hour and I’m almost suffocating,” said one participant who came from Paris to show off his Marie Antoinette costume.
Here are some photos of yesterday’s event, the largest Pride in the Middle East (kind of goes without saying, no?):
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