Court sentences ultra-Orthodox man who attempted to kill J’lem Gay Parade marchers to 12 years in prison. Mother of stabbing victim: This won't give us back the nights and days we were in hospital with our daughter Even representatives of the gay community did not expect such a heavy punishment for the knifeman who stabbed marchers in the Gay Pride Parade, Yishai Schlissel, who received 12 years in prison. Schlissel was convicted of attempting to murder three people during the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, which took place some six months ago. Three marchers sustained light to moderate wounds in the...