Police detectives also detained a Tel Aviv resident, who was on his way to the parade, when he was found carrying a slew of weapons, including a taser, nunchucks and steel chains, among other weapons.
The Hazeon movement, which has been largely dormant for more than a year, returned to protest the parade on Friday with a parachute carrying a man reading “Father + Mother = Family.”
One of the leaders of the movement, Rabbi Dror Aryah, spoke out against the parade, saying, “Those who did not want us on the ground would take us to the air. We will reach as many people as possible with our message, of these disgusting parades.” We have a legitimate and legal right to protest against it.”
Aryah claimed that many residents of the cities where the parade takes place are against the parade, but are “afraid” of the LGBTQ+ community. “We are his voice,” said Aryah.
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The LGBTQ+ Noam Party was founded by members of Hazon, a hardline national-religious organization that campaigns against Reform Jews and the LGBTQ+ community.
Hazone entered the public eye in 2019 after the organization displayed a large banner on a hotel near the entrance to Jerusalem saying, “One father and one mother = one family. Courage to be normal.”
The banner was part of a much larger campaign launched by Hazon, a movement that dedicated itself to “returning the Jewish character to the national agenda in Israel”. The campaign focused on using the time before the election to pressure politicians to agree to a religious Jewish agenda for the state.
The campaign targeted a variety of topics, including work and public transport on Shabbat, the Women of the Wall movement, and the silence of right-wing and religious movements. Hazone described all of these things as “not normal” in almost all of his publications.
This would be the first time in two years that the parade was canceled after last year’s cancellation due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The parade will feature party trucks and DJs and will begin in the afternoon at Tel Aviv’s Bograshov Beach, culminating in a massive party of performances by prominent artists at Charles Clore Park. The parade will be somewhat shorter than the traditional route, which usually begins on Bograshov Street near the Dizengoff Center.
Hours before the parade, the Health Ministry announced that masks would be required in closed places from 12 pm
Health Minister Nitzen Horowitz, a member of the LGBTQ+ community, addressed the fun-goers on Twitter, writing, “I ask the celebrants and everyone else at Pride events: Celebrate, have fun, but follow the instructions.” Do – so that we maintain the routine of life. As much as possible. Shabbat shalom. Happy Pride.”