At the Rabin Square protest, a woman named Eti says she is attending her first protest for gay rights.
“It’s very important. I’m not from the community, but I believe in equality. It’s just not right that some people can’t have kids,” she says.
She expresses confidence that the activism online and in the street will force the government into passing a law giving surrogacy rights to gay men.
“Bibi can’t avoid making a change,” she says, using Netanyahu’s nickname.
A protest for LGBT rights at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Leading Israeli LGBTQ activist Chen Arieli tells Channel 10 news that the LGBT community in Israel was pleased to see such a strong turnout at the Sunday rally.
“When we announced the strike, we did not expect this much support from the Israeli public,” she says. “We feel that today is a historic day.”
“Today everyone understands that an attack on the LGBT community is an attack on Israel’s itself.”
— Noami Lanzkron and Tamar Pileggi
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