Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tel Aviv Pride Parade won’t be held this year, will be replaced with assembly for hostages
People participate in the 25th annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 8, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The famous Tel Aviv Pride Parade won’t be held this year in its usual festive version, and the city will instead hold an assembly focused on “pride, hope and liberty” in honor of the 132 hostages — 128 of them abducted on October 7 and four who have been held for nearly a decade — still in terrorist captivity in Gaza, Mayor Ron Huldai announces.
“This is not the time for celebrations,” Huldai writes in a statement on X, adding that the country is going through “one of its most difficult periods ever.”
Huldai adds that some of the budget intended for the march — which was planned for June 8 — has been redirected to support the Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center.
“See you at the Pride Parade in June 2025,” he concludes.
If you’d like to comment, join
The Times of Israel Community.
The Times of Israel Community.
JOIN THE TOI COMMUNITY
Already a member? Log in here