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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 1, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Far-right call off ‘beast march’ planned to oppose Jerusalem Pride
Israeli right-wing activists hold banners and wave the national flag, protesting against the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Far-right activists call off a planned “beast march” that was set to counter the Jerusalem Pride Parade.
A message is sent to activists by extremist leader Michael Ben Ari, who has previously been barred from running for the Knesset over his racist views.
The message says that they remain “opposed with all our souls to the abomination parade in Jerusalem and the other cities in Israel.”
However, they call on activists to oppose the “normalization” of Pride with “protests and an intellectual struggle.”
“Humiliating them will play into their hands, as there will be no conversation about the essence of the issue, but about the insults,” it says.
In previous “beast marches,” participants paraded through the city with donkeys.
