Major LGBTQ+ federation suspends Israeli group, drops bid for Tel Aviv event
Major LGBTQ+ federation suspends Israeli group, drops bid for Tel Aviv event
Palestinian campaigners call on ILGA World to explore further ways to divest from Israeli groups 'complicit in genocide'
ILGA World said The Aguda’s proposal to hold the group’s next world conference in Tel Aviv had violated its aims and objectives, and it is now reviewing The Aguda’s larger compliance with the ILGA World constitution.
The Aguda’s bid had been due to be voted on at ILGA World’s conference this month in Cape Town, South Africa.
“We recognise the historical experience with apartheid and colonialism in South Africa: even the possibility of voting on such a bid in their home country would have been at odds with the unequivocal solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
The move follows an open letter by three Palestinian LGBTQ+ organisations to ILGA World last month, raising major concerns about how Israeli LGBTQ+ groups have historically helped “pinkwash” and divert attention from Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.
The move follows an open letter by three Palestinian LGBTQ+ organisations
Interesting. Supposed Palestinian maltreatment of lgbtq is a pretty common talking point among the pro-israel crowd. Do these organizations operate within Palestine or are they expats?
Good. There is no pride in genocide.
If western govs refuse to impose real legal sanctions that actually have some teeth, then our only resort is for the general public (including organized non-gov groups) to impose social sanctions.
Good.
Lol, go schedule the LBGTQ+ conference in any of the nations surrounding Israel. Advertise the shit out of it, banners and everything. I’d be happy to donate.
Just make they book it somewhere with one story buildings.
My bigotry and genocide is fine because other countries have bigotry, actually.
What do you think you stand for, exactly?
Who do you think has killed more gay Palestinians, Hamas or the IDF?
The Israeli security agency shinbet has been notorious in the gay community in Palestine for making fake Grindr accounts and infiltrating underground queer spaces so that they can blackmail queer Palestinians and turn them into moles and informants. Many of them end up committing suicide because they're stuck between a rock and a hard place. There really is no pride in genocide.
Well, there's probably not going to be a Beirut Pride again this year.
The only reason the Middle East has any issues is because of western countries invading, corrupting and colonizing.
The Iranian revolution (where fundamentalist Islam / Sharia took over the country) was a direct fallout from the Shah, (the US puppet dictator) losing power after exploiting his country for US interests (cheap oil) for nearly four decades. He died in exile while everyone in Iran accused each other of being secretly western puppets and then naturally the religious traditionalist were above these accusations.
This isn't a conspiracy theroy or anything, it's all extremely on the record but so few Americans know or give a shit. Simmiliar story everywhere in the region. Religious fundamentalist extremism wasn't the norm for the longest time until US intervention.
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