Tag Archives: Tel Aviv

The complicated case of the 2009 mass shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth club took another turn today thanks to an undercover officer planted in the accused killer’s jail cell.  “[Hagai] Felician, motivated by feelings of anger and revenge, killed and tried to kill innocent young people… solely because they happened to be at the Bar Noar club,” read …

Pro-Palestinian activists are planning to picket a Pet Shop Boys appearance in London tonight in protest of the dance duo’s gig scheduled for June 28th in Tel Aviv.  From the protesters’ website: The Pet Shop Boys – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, recognised as the most successful duo in UK music history, are scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel to …

Tel Aviv police are asking a well-known gay activist to admit to molesting a gay teen so that they can prove that he was known to the three men suspected in the 2009 shooting spree at an LGBT teen center that left two people dead. The activist is himself a suspect in the Barnoar club attack in which a gunman …

Israeli police yesterday said that the 2009 shooting at Tel Aviv’s LGBT teen center was motivated by an alleged sexual assault on the then 15 year-old relative of the alleged killer, Haagai Felician (above).  Both the alleged molestation victim and the accused gay activist deny that any assault took place. The attack left two dead and eleven injured. The subsequent …

From the US Embassy Tel Aviv channel on YouTube: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro marched in Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade. Speaking to a crowd of thousands of marchers, he acknowledged the achievements of the Israeli LGBT community for gaining equal rights and emphasized the work of the U.S. government to raise awareness of LGBT rights around the world. …

Tel Aviv police yesterday said that the man who murdered two people in a 2009 mass shooting at an LGBT teen center was contracted to kill a gay local leader. The intended victim, police say, is the fourth man arrested two days ago for withholding information about the attack. Via Haaretz: It is believed that the man who pulled the …

Tel Aviv police have arrested a fourth suspect in the 2009 shooting spree at an LGBT teen community center that left two dead and eleven injured.  The new suspect is reportedly “well-known” to the local gay community.  Three other suspects were arrested yesterday and none have yet been identified. Despite widespread speculation that the murders were an anti-gay bias attack, …

Tel Aviv police today announced three arrests in the 2009 mass shooting at the city’s LGBT Community Center which left two dead and 15 injured. Police will not say who has been arrested, other than they are Jewish. At the time of the attack, some had suspected foreign terrorists. Via the Jerusalem Post: In a briefing with reporters on Wednesday …

Openly gay Knesset member Nitzan Horowitz has announced his intent to run for mayor of Tel Aviv. Horowitz, a second-term MK and former journalist for Channel 10 News, will be challenging former Labor member Ron Huldai, who has served as Tel Aviv’s mayor since 1998. If he wins, Horowitz (49) would be Tel Aviv’s first openly gay mayor, and the …

This clip comes from a Canadian site whose description says: The Size Doesn’t Matter (SDM) campaign is a cutting-edge social media experience that includes videos, an interactive website and promotional give-aways. Aimed at highlighting the multitude of Israel’s accomplishments and contributions in a new, fun and attractive way, this campaign has quickly become Canada’s most successful of its kind, reaching …

In Tel Aviv.

In Tel Aviv. Possibly not work-friendly.(Via JMG reader Eric)

On the MDNA tour…

Some website somewhere Gay Cities named Tel Aviv as “the best gay city in the world.” That may be the result of Israel’s recent campaign to promote LGBT tourism, something detractors say they are doing to dampen criticism about the treatment of Palestinians.

Jerusalem police have reversed their ban on a planned gay pride parade route that is scheduled to conclude at the Knesset. A number of weeks ago, the police recommended that the parade be held on the same route as it was last year, citing security concerns. This year, the Jerusalem pride parade will mark the one-year anniversary of the slaying …

Last August a masked gunman walked into a Tel Aviv LGBT youth center and began firing, killing two and injuring many others. Israeli police launched a national manhunt, vigils and protests were held worldwide, but until now there’s been no break in the case. Reports emerged Monday of a new discovery in the as yet unsolved case of a murderous …

Tel Aviv’s pride parade was on Sunday.

A 20 year-old Israeli soldier is in custody after admitting to posting death threats to the attendees of Saturday’s solidarity rally for the victims of the shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT center. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Sunday extended the remand of Shmuel Preimark, a 20-year-old Nahal Haredi soldier from the capital, who was arrested Saturday on suspicion of …

More than 70,000 Israelis, including President Shimon Peres, attended last night’s solidarity rally for the victims of the shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth center. “The shots which struck this proud community affected us all as human beings, as Jews and as Israelis. The man who targeted the two victims targeted all of us,” Peres said. Two people died …

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the site of the shooting at a Tel Aviv LGBT center today, saying the attack had “the markings of terrorism.” Netanyahu said that while all murders were shocking, Saturday night’s killings were particularly so. “The idea of someone entering a youth club and beginning to commit serial murder – it bears the markings of …