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| Conflict With the Far Right Shrouds Jerusalem’s Pride Parade | Conflict With the Far Right Shrouds Jerusalem’s Pride Parade |
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| One ultraconservative member of the Israeli government had pledged to abolish the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance Parade. Another far-right minister with a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now oversees the police, was tasked with securing it. | One ultraconservative member of the Israeli government had pledged to abolish the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance Parade. Another far-right minister with a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now oversees the police, was tasked with securing it. |
| The Jerusalem parade is normally a relatively staid annual tradition. But the event that took place on Thursday came at a fraught moment for Israel, five months after the most hard-line and religiously conservative government in the country’s history took power. | The Jerusalem parade is normally a relatively staid annual tradition. But the event that took place on Thursday came at a fraught moment for Israel, five months after the most hard-line and religiously conservative government in the country’s history took power. |
| Organizers said that an initial count showed that 30,000 people — many of them dancing and waving rainbow flags — had gathered to join the march. The number was two or three times the usual crowd at the Jerusalem event, they said. | Organizers said that an initial count showed that 30,000 people — many of them dancing and waving rainbow flags — had gathered to join the march. The number was two or three times the usual crowd at the Jerusalem event, they said. |
| L.G.B.T.Q. activists have reported a sharp increase in anti-gay abuse and violence in Israel in recent months, and had been expecting a large turnout for this year’s parade. They braced for possible violence, but the march went off peacefully under heavy security, with about 2,000 police officers deployed along the short route. | L.G.B.T.Q. activists have reported a sharp increase in anti-gay abuse and violence in Israel in recent months, and had been expecting a large turnout for this year’s parade. They braced for possible violence, but the march went off peacefully under heavy security, with about 2,000 police officers deployed along the short route. |
| Lehava, an extremist organization led by one of Mr. Ben-Gvir’s longtime associates, held a small counter-demonstration nearby against what it called the “abomination parade.” Lehava, which promotes strict separation of Jews and non-Jews, has been described by groups promoting religious tolerance as inciting ethnic hatred and even violence, and its leader has called for the expulsion of Christians from Israel. | |
| Despite calls from the gay community for Mr. Ben-Gvir to stay away from the parade, on Thursday he toured the area where participants had gathered, to cries from the crowd of “Shame!” He also stopped by the nearby counter-demonstration. |