Kirchick: Spainsh Gay Pride Festival Bans Israeli Float
Writing from Madrid, James Kirchick reports on the anti-Israeli bias being shown by the organizers of a Spanish gay pride festival, even though Israel respects homosexual rights unlike most of the Middle East:
Earlier this month Madrid celebrated its annual gay pride festival, reputed to be the largest in Europe. It featured the usual mixture of calls for tolerance, righteous political speechifying, and raucous display of sexuality. But the Spanish capital also earned a dubious distinction this year not for anything it included, but for what it excluded: Israel.
The municipality of Tel Aviv had originally planned to sponsor a float in the Madrid parade. But Spain's Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transgenders and Bisexuals revoked the invitation following Israel's raid on the Gaza flotilla that ended with nine dead pro-Hamas activists.
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