200 protest outside Tel Aviv police station after probe closed into apparent homophobic attack

LGBTQ activists protest outside a Tel Aviv police station on April 19, 2023. (Screen capture/YouTube)
LGBTQ activists protest outside a Tel Aviv police station on April 19, 2023. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Some 200 people are protesting outside the Israel Police’s Tel Aviv headquarters following a decision by law enforcement to close a case into an apparent homophobic attack in the city where rocks were thrown through the window of an apartment where a pride flag was hung from the window.

Meanwhile, Channel 12 reports an uptick in violent attacks against members of the LGBTQ community in Israel.

Shuval Hachmon, who lives where a pride flag was torn down, tells the protesters, “No one should live in fear in their own country — on the streets and even more so in their home.”

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