Jerusalem gay pride parade

The Jerusalem gay pride parade is an annual pride parade taking place in Jerusalem. Since the first March for Pride and Tolerance in 2002, Jerusalem Pride—"Love Without Border"—has become an established event in Jerusalem, each year bringing in additional partners and supporters.

Twice, in 2005 and 2015, it was marred by violence as an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed marchers with a knife, resulting in three injuries (2005) and in six injuries, one fatal (2015). The man arrested was named as Yishai Schlissel who was jailed after the 2005 attack and was released from imprisonment three weeks before he attacked again in 2015.

Since the 1990s an annual gay pride parade takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel and sometimes also in Eilat. Tel Aviv had previously been the venue for the only yearly gay pride parade in the Middle East. Tel Aviv was first city in Israel to have a gay pride parade, which started in the street of Shenkin and expanded to large-scale events in the following years. In 2005, 100,000 people participated in the Tel Aviv gay pride parade.

The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance is the focal point of gay pride events in Jerusalem and has existed since 1997. Since 2002, it has held small annual gay pride parades in Jerusalem.

In 2007, the Israeli Knesset approved legislation to prevent gay pride parades in Jerusalem, and in response then-Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert's office released a statement that he "does not think that Jerusalem is the appropriate location for holding gay-pride parades due to the special sensitive nature of the city, although he believes that such matters should not be limited by law." The legislation was again introduced in 2008, but again did not become law, and in June 2008 the Israeli High Court denied petitions to stop gay pride parades in Jerusalem, and a parade was held in 2008 and in 2009.

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