Background
Since the 1990s an annual gay pride parade takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel and sometimes also in Eilat. Tel Aviv had previously been the venue for the only yearly gay pride parade in the Middle East. Tel Aviv was first city in Israel to have a gay pride parade, which started in the street of Shenkin and expanded to large-scale events in the following years. In 2005, 100,000 people participated in the Tel Aviv gay pride parade.
The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance (JOH) is the focal point of gay pride events in Jerusalem and exists since 1997. Since 2002, it held small annual gay pride parades in Jerusalem (up to 10,000 people).
On June 30, 2005, the parade took place after it had originally been prohibited by a municipal ban, which was cancelled by the district court order. During the parade, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed three parade participants and was charged with attempted murder.
Read more about this topic: 2006 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
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