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Protest in front of Tel Aviv's LGBT Tourism Conference. October 11, 2009

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Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2009

On Sunday afternoon local Palestinian and Jewish LGBT\queer activists held a protest against promoting LGBT tourism to Israel in front of the Tel Aviv gay center. The protesters intercepted a group of travel agents and other guests attending a conference that took place inside the gay center. The conference was organized by various Israeli institutes and International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA).
While entering, the guests went by the protesters, who were wearing T-shirts that read "QUEERS VISIT PALESTINE, NOT THE OCCUPIERS & OPPRESSORS". Some of the protesters faces were covered with dirt, contrasting the concept of a "tourist attraction," putting themselves on display, not as shining examples of gay Israeli privilege but as wounded dirty queers, embodying the ugly side of the occupation being masked by the gay tourism initiative.

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  • Well done! Thank you for educating the ignorance!

    Some people want to be blind, deaf and voiceless... They think, that they have no responsibility then... But they're wrong... they all know what policy is going on in Israel.

    In any war the truth dies first, followed by the death of innocent people!

    The Middle East conflict will only change into freedom and peace, for the people on both sides, if the siege policy stops! Free Gaza!

    Strength and Courage towards change! Warm regards from Germany

  • RESPECT for your activities! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

    Anti-occupation, anti-oppression, anti racist and anti-apartheid...

    Against injustice; we ask for humanity and EQUALITY for all people no matter what kind of ethnicity, sexual affectations, skin color...

    Is this so difficult to understand?

    End the siege on Gaza and demolishing of the apartheid wall. Behave like humans and live together in one state like other civilized multicultural societies!

    Learn from history!

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  • Why don't you queers take your show to the people you support. Go to Gaza and show your support for the starving and oppressed Pals. The muslims there will welcome you with open arms and who knows, maybe you will be featured on a Youtube video like your comrade Vittorio Arrigoni!

  • @criticalviewer1959

    Actually, I am a scizophenic and so is my evil twin, Eigor.

  • @rachelgolem

    I'm sure you've heard this many times before... once again.

    You are a disgusting individual. Just in case you are wondering, your particular personality disorder is commonly referred to as sociopathy or BPD borderline personality disorder. You should go to a therapist.

  • Laughing when Iran hangs gay people in the street is NOT Anti-Semitism.

  • Laughing when Iraqi people kill each other is NOT Anti-Semitism.

  • I would rather be lynched in Palestine than support Israel.

  • The reason why Gayrabs are oppressed in Gaza or West Bank is because Hamas and Islamofascists oppress them, NOT Israel.

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