Posted on 10/29/2023 5:21:13 AM PDT by bert
At least four members of the LGBTQ community in Israel were murdered by Hamas on October 7.
The Agudah - The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel - an umbrella organization for LGBTQ organizations in the country, called on LGBTQ communities around the world to condemn Hamas’s assault on Israel, in a letter on Thursday.
“Among the deceased and injured victims are many individuals who identify themselves as part of the global and local LGBTQI+ community, making the local community itself a casualty of this devastating attack,” stressed the Agudah.
LGBTQ Israelis murdered by Hamas Among the LGBTQ Israelis killed by Hamas in the October 7 massacre who have been identified so far were Adiel Twito and Daniel Cohen, who were murdered at the peace music festival near Reim; IDF Cpt. Sagi Golan, who was murdered while fighting to protect Kibbutz Be’eri; and Alon Toledano, a resident of Sderot who was on his way to a synagogue for holiday prayers.
“Hamas kidnapped over 220 people - babies and children, young women and men, people with disabilities, and senior citizens. It is confirmed that women and girls were raped, and hostages were tortured and humiliated," the letter said. "This is an unbelievable, unbearable reality, a clearcut case of crimes against humanity by any legal and moral standard.”
The Agudah stressed that “legitimizing or ‘understanding’ these acts taken by Hamas undermines and violates any sense of human dignity and the core values which stand at the heart of the LGBTQI+ liberation movement anywhere in the world. Regardless of political views and possible criticism, any person with clear conscience must realize that Hamas’s inhuman and brutal attack is not a ‘legitimate’ response under any moral queer thinking.
“The reactions of some of the LGTBQI+ activists and collectives worldwide are alarming and stand in clear opposition to queer activism and theory alike," it said. "As Israeli LGBTQI+ people who are members of the global LGBTQI+ community, we call on you to condemn Hamas's crimes against humanity and take a clear stand against these atrocities targeted at innocent civilians, just as you condemn any other act of violence taken by terror organizations, countries, individuals, and so on.”
The Agudah added that LGBTQ people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are constantly at mortal risk, noting that Hamas killed one of its own commanders after he was accused of having relations with another man.
“Hamas’s intolerance of LGBTQI+ autonomy of choice and lifestyle - regardless of Israel – has put both Palestinian and Israeli LGBTQI+ individuals at immediate life risk. We urge you to approach this matter and recognize the incoherent aspect of such a stand during these horrific days when Israelis, as well as Palestinians, suffer,” said the Agudah.
“We see and recognize the suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip. We must all promote tolerance, inclusion, justice, and dignity and take all necessary steps to reduce violence. Nevertheless, under the Hamas regime, neither Palestinians nor Israelis are safe, especially LGBTQI+ people from both groups.”
The Agudah expressed its protest at “the alarming sights of activists who claim to advance human rights while justifying or even expressing their support for the hideous acts of a brutal, antisemitic, and homophobic terror of an organization whose primary goal is to hurt innocent individuals.
“We expect anyone who purports to promote human rights to condemn these acts and distance themselves from Hamas terrorism unequivocally. Supporting Hamas terrorism is entirely contrary to the LGBTQI+ community's core values.”
Who'd a thunk it.
Wow. Mortal combat, slaughter of innocents, existential threat to Israel, the brink of WW III and the alphabet people can only think about forking.
They need to come together under one roof or else they’ll be throw off the roof.
“four members of the LGBTQ community in Israel were murdered by Hamas”
hmm ... well ..... silver lining and all that ...
Jews have a queer group? Don’t Jews read the Bible? Isn’t Genesis 19 in their Bible? How about Leviticus 20?
“Jews have a queer group?”
You’re kidding, right?
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-731595
“Is Tel Aviv the gay capital of the world?
Tel Aviv Pride is among the biggest annual pride events in the world and as of 2019, it is the biggest in Asia.”
My first inclination was to tell these LGBTQ folks to quit being so preoccupied with themselves. But I suppose any call against Hamas is a good thing.
Who do you think owns and operates the pornography industry?
The Chinese. Keep up dear boy.
Originally, it was the Gay Pride movement. But it was too small to make any political headway. So, it became the gay and lesbian movement and then the gay, lesbian and trans movement. Peel back the cover and you’d see that the gays don’t like the lesbians and the lesbians hate the trans movement. The trans hate everyone. But still the movement was too small so, having graduated from business schools they opened their doors to everyone. This included sadists, pedophiles and all manner of horrible people. Having included everyone who isn’t a heterosexual “normal” person...they call them “breeders” they have made themselves pariahs. They find themselves backing such things as having fifty-year-old men dress out with and compete against twelve-year-old girls. It astonishes me that society tolerates this as much as it does. It will continue to do so until enough important people, meaning politicians and actors, are personally affected. Then, and only then will this madness end. (It will end...won’t it?)
4 tout of 1,400? Those are pretty lame numbers. Maybe the Israeli alphabet group doesn’t watch or read what’s going on outside their borders. The west has been so corrupted, that they are for Hamas in London, Paris, and all the major US cities. These idiots in the US don’t understand that the Muslim world would love to throw them off the roof!
Somebody to GayStapo HQ must have finally realized the irony of kwheers rooting for muslims and passed the word.
Let their voices be heard.
Shout their condemnations from the Rooftops!
They won’t condemn them because they saw that the crimes also include rape-
It once again illustrates a truer proportion of these misguided souls to the rest of the population.
Meant to ping you in previous post
Oops 😬
Another Gay fellow flying away from Islam
Israel is one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world. Muslim nations are the least gay-friendly.
I’d suggest our own Queers for Hamas should lie down for a while with a cold compress. I realize libs are stupid, but it must have been difficult to deal with the cognitive dissonance of supporting an organization that wants you did. This plea from their Israeli brethren just has to positively make their brains hurt
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