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Jerusalem held its annual LGBTQ Pride parade on Thursday amid a heavy security presence and a more subdued mood than in the past, given the many months of war with Hamas. Continue reading “Jerusalem Holds Smaller, ‘Subdued’ LGBTQ+ Pride Parade”
A 16 year old high school student who was one of the stabbing victims at the recent Jerusalem Pride parade has died from her injuries, reports Haaretz:
Police confirmed that the suspected stabber is Yishai Schlissel, a Haredi man from Modiin Ilit who stabbed three participants in the 2005 Gay Pride march. He was recently released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence.
Banki was a high-school student from Jerusalem, studying at the Hebrew University High School. She took part in Thursday’s parade to show solidarity with her LGBT friends. She is survived by her parents and three siblings; her family decided to donate her organs.
In a statement issued Sunday, her family said: “Our magical Shira was murdered because she was a happy 16-year-old – full of life and love – who came to express her support for her friends’ rights to live as they choose. For no good reason and because of evil, stupidity and negligence, the life of our beautiful flower was cut short. Bad things happen to good people, and a very bad thing happened to our amazing girl. The family expresses hope for a less hatred and more tolerance.” The family requests the public respect their privacy as they grieve.
Yesterday I posted about the stabbing attack at Jerusalem Pride by an Ultra-Orthodox Jew who had been imprisoned for years after a similar attack in 2005. Six parade attendees were injured; two critically.
Video has surfaced of the gruesome attack, and I think it’s important to see. Reading about violence is an entirely different visceral experience than actually SEEING it.
Folks should witness the actual blinding hatred that happens against LGBTs in real life.
Take a look below.
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According to the Jerusalem Post, an ultra-Orthodox man has been arrested for stabbing six people taking part in the Jerusalem gay pride parade today.
The suspect in Thursday’s stabbing attack, Yishai Shlissel, is the same man who perpetrated a similar stabbing attack at the 2005 Jerusalem gay pride parade. He was recently released from prison after having been convicted of stabbing three people during the parade ten years ago.
Six people were wounded in the incident that took place on the corners of Sokolov and Keren Hayesod streets in the capital.
Paramedics were treating two people in serious condition, one in moderate condition and three people who were lightly injured. All of the victims were in their thirties, according to MDA.
Thousands of people were taking part in the annual pride parade in the capital when the attack occurred.
“I saw an ultra-Orthodox youth stabbing everyone in his way,” said Shai Aviyor, a witness interviewed on Israel’s Channel 2 television.
“We heard people screaming, everyone ran for cover, and there were bloodied people on the ground,” Aviyor said.
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| Suspected attacker Yishai Schlissel |