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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Bar Noar

Zaor Hankishayev at the District Court in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2014 (Flash 90)
September 1, 2022, 12:33 pm
Discredited state witness in LGBT youth club attack accused of string of robberies
Zaor Hankishayev is suspected of stealing wallets from elderly people; his evidence in Bar Noar case led to charges against a suspect that were later dropped
By ToI Staff
A man mourns the dead in the Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2009. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 6:53 pm
A decade on, parents of LGBT center shooting victims still waiting for answers
Bar Noar shooter remains at large despite biggest police investigation in Israel’s history; ‘How will anger help me?’ asks Ayala, mother of slain Nir Katz
By ToI Staff
Thousands attend a ceremony to mark nine years since the 2009 shooting at the Bar Noar LGBT center, in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (Flash90)
February 17, 2019, 10:51 am
Police said to obtain new evidence in 2009 gay youth club murders
Criminal reportedly claims to have evidence on identity of gunman who murdered two, wounded 10 in rampage at Tel Aviv’s Bar Noar center
By ToI Staff
Thousands attend a ceremony to mark nine years since the 2009 shooting at the Bar Noar LGBT center, in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (Flash90)
August 13, 2018, 1:15 am
Thousands march on 9th anniversary of Tel Aviv gay youth center shooting
Marking deadly 2009 attack on Bar Noar, community laments lack of progress on gay rights, says not much has changed
By JTA
President Reuven Rivlin, center, attends an event to mark the eighth anniversary since a deadly shooting at a gay community center in Tel Aviv, August 10, 2017. (GPO/Mark Neiman)
August 10, 2017, 11:36 pm
Rivlin urges equal rights at event marking anniversary of 2009 gay center shooting
President says LGBT community is an integral part of Israeli society, calls on state to find a way forward in disputes with it
By ToI Staff
Tarlan Hankishayev, center, the former state witness in the 2009 shooting attack at the Bar Noar gay youth club in Tel Aviv, at the Tel Aviv District Court on May 20, 2015. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 10:11 pm
Israeli prison allows homosexual conjugal visit for first time
Tarlan Hankishayev, jailed for falsely incriminating suspect in a 2009 gay youth club shooting, wins long fight for rights
By Sue Surkes
Adam McKinney performs 'HaMapah/The Map.' (Amanda Adams Louis)
April 17, 2017, 4:20 am
Drones onstage? Choreographer waltzes across genre, media and technology
Orthodox-educated, gay, mixed-race dancer Adam McKinney breaks boundaries to unite people through poetry in motion
By Lisa Klug
Hagai Felician, who in 2013 was declared a suspect in the deadly 2009 Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, but whose case was dropped after a key witness against him was determined to have lied. (Flash90)
August 27, 2016, 12:31 pm
State to pay NIS 2.2m for wrongful indictment in Tel Aviv gay club shooting
Hagai Felician spent eight months in jail before charges against him were dropped and he was released
By ToI Staff
President Reuven RIvlin speaks at an anti-violence and anti-homophobia ralliy attended by thousands in Jerusalem on August 1, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 1, 2015, 10:25 pm
Rivlin: Flames of hatred are spreading, consuming Israel
President urges society to face extremists head on; thousands attend rallies against violence in wake of West Bank firebombing, Pride Parade stabbing
By ToI Staff
Thousands of Israelis attend an anti-violence and anti-homophobia ralliy in Jerusalem, on August 01, 2015 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASh90)
August 1, 2015, 6:52 pm
Thousands attend anti-violence protests across Israel
Speaking in Tel Aviv, uncle of slain toddler asks: ‘What did Ali do?’; Herzog calls Duma terror attack a ‘Jewish pogrom’; rallies too in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba
By ToI Staff
Hagai Felician, who in 2013 was declared a suspect in the deadly 2009 Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, but whose case was dropped after a key witness against him was determined to have lied. (Flash90)
March 9, 2014, 7:04 pm
Charges dropped against gay youth club murder suspect
As Hagai Felician walks free, state prepares to indict main witness for giving false testimony on shootings
By ToI Staff
Hagai Felician, who in 2013 was declared a suspect in the deadly 2009 Bar Noar shooting in Tel Aviv, but whose case was dropped after a key witness against him was determined to have lied. (Flash90)
February 27, 2014, 5:11 am
Accused in gay youth club murders sent to house arrest
Guy Felician, who confessed to carrying out the 2009 attack, is sent home after police detain state’s witness against him
By ToI Staff
Hagai Felician, the main suspect in the 2009 Bar Noar shooting (photo credit: Facebook)
February 20, 2014, 1:45 pm
Fuzz busted
The police get another black eye with the collapse of their case in a 2009 gay club shooting. But fear not, come 2017, their pool of criminal suspects will get a black-hatted boost
By Joshua Davidovich
Israelis take part in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on August 1, 2013. (photo credit: Sarah Schuman/Flash90)
August 1, 2013, 11:23 pm
Jerusalem of gold, and all the colors of the rainbow
Activists in 12th annual Gay Pride parade hope to promote LGBT-friendly legislation; three arrested for assaulting marchers
By Adiv Sterman
Hagai Felician (second from left), the prime suspect in the 2009 gay youth club shooting, at the Tel Aviv magistrate's court, on Thursday, June 6, 2013
July 8, 2013, 12:31 pm
‘Gay youth club shooter driven by Biblical edict’
Hagai Felician indicted for shocking 2009 attack that left two dead and 10 injured in Tel Aviv’s Bar Noar
By Stuart Winer
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