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Queer Amsterdam wants to ban Israeli flags at Pride Walk, Halsema prohibits ban (nltimes.nl)

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Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema reports that there is no ban on carrying the Israeli flag during the Pride Walk organized by Queer Amsterdam on July 20. "The Pride Walk is a manifestation that falls under the right to demonstrate. However, freedom to demonstrate does not give the right to impose censorship on demonstrators. An organization can, therefore, not forbid people who want to participate to express themselves. It is unacceptable that people who want to carry a flag should not be allowed to do so," said the mayor.

The foundation Queer Amsterdam announced on Instagram on Thursday that Israeli flags are not "allowed" at the Pride Walk through the center of Amsterdam. In response to questions about the flag ban, a spokesperson for the foundation referred AT5 to the website, which states that "no form of Zionism is tolerated." VVD councilor Daan Wijnants has indicated that he wants to ask council questions in response to the call.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Killing and torturing gay and trans Palestinians is more likely the reason why Israel isn’t very popular in the queer community.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

gay and trans Palestinians

Hot take: I don't believe Gaza is progressive enough to have a large population of openly gay or trans people.

Not sure why you're making this a LGBTQ thing anyways, mistreating POWs and seemingly intentionally maximizing civilian losses should be bad enough by themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

And Israel takes it a step further by blackmailing gay Palestinians into becoming their spies:

Gay Palestinians Are Being Blackmailed Into Working As Informants

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is the "Palestinian Authority police" Israeli? Because from the article it doesn't sound like it - neither does the name tbh.

From the article (emphasis mine)

[...] local Palestinian Authority police are aware and keep files on him and other homosexuals, blackmailing them into working as spies and informants

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Israel surveils and blackmails gay Palestinians to make them informants

Haaretz has a story up on 43 reservists in Israeli intelligence who are refusing to serve because of the “political persecution” of Palestinians.

"No boundaries were set for us, for both passive activities such as gathering intelligence, and for active initiatives that had an impact on people’s lives. If anyone interests us, we’d collect information on his or her economic situation and mental state. Then we would plan how we can perform an operation around this individual, in order to turn them into a collaborator or something of the sort…."

Any information that might enable extortion of an individual is considered relevant information. Whether said individual is of a certain sexual orientation, cheating on his wife, or in need of treatment in Israel or the West Bank – he is a target for blackmail.

The PA is a front for Israel. Maybe this is not well known. They PA arrests Palestinian resistance fighters and hand them over to Israel as well.

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