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Wikipedia Evaluation
For the Wikipedia Evaluation assignment, I chose to read about "Tel Aviv Pride." Although I have heard about how accepting Tel Aviv is of the LGBTQ community, I was unaware of most of the specific information pertaining to the topic. I appreciated the way in which the Wiki page gave a brief overview of the issue before describing the larger bulk of the topic. Upon reading the article, I immediately thought it could have been broken down into better subsections. For example, the large portion of the article is listed under the title, "As part of Tel Aviv culture." While this topic may relate to most of the information, it could have been broken down by time period, opposing opinions, controversial beliefs, and specific practices and festivities.

The article seems to be more factually driven and strays from any opinionated or biased tones. The article focuses solely on Tel Aviv's role and does not include the ways in which Tel Aviv's practices may differ from other practices in Israel. It may be strengthened if it were to include a comparative analysis with other major cities, however the article's title does make it clear that it is only about Tel Aviv.

In regards to the sourcing, most facts represented in the article seems to have a source with an accessible and working link attached to it. That being said, there are also facts and paragraphs that have no source attached to them. This can be viewed as problematic because it is unclear if the statement is factually correct or simply stems from someone's thoughts and ideas.

In terms of the Talk page content, I learned that the article is under an umbrella term of WikiProject Israel, which aims to improve Israeli content on Wikipedia. It is also apart of WikiProject LGBTStudies. The quality of the article is deemed as Start-Class, which represents articles that are developing but still incomplete.

One question I have that was not answered in this article is whether there is any controversy over the way Tel Aviv approaches LGBT issues given the country's divergent views.

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This source would serve as a good reference for the Gay Pride Parade wikipedia page. It provides information on how the parade became a more cultural activity rather than political.

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https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Et5qb7eCB6wC&oi=fnd&pg=PA180&dq=tel+aviv+gay+pride+parade&ots=tYekl85yda&sig=FmqgAzv8ZrN1yyNSZWeAQnFXoBE#v=onepage&q=tel%20aviv%20gay%20pride%20parade&f=false

The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State

o  March 22, 1988 marked the day in which the legal code in Israel was changed (Page 182)

http://yris.yira.org/acheson-prize/2453

·      Third Place — A Critical Examination of Israeli LGBT Advancements: Genuine Progress or Attempts at Elevated Global Status?

o  After the British Mandate over Palestine, there was a law in Israel that stated that “every man who allowed another man to have intercourse with him risked up to ten years of imprisonment.”

o  “In the 1960s, Dr. Yosef Burg, who served as the Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs, stated that the phrase “homosexual Jews” was an oxymoron because the Bible prohibited this as an abomination.”

o   Major impact of decriminalizing being gay was the rise of the lobbying group, “Otzma.” The Hebrew term Otzma translates to power in English. This lobbying caucus still exists today and serves as the legal and political department of Israel’s main LGBT group called Aguda.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2201473X.2017.1361885

·     Jewish Israeli collectivity and the lesbigay

o  “in 1992, the Knesset passed the Equal Employment Opportunities Act integrating lesbigays more fully in the workplace; in 1993, the Israeli Army opened its ranks to ‘out’ gays and integrated anti-discriminatory policies into its statutes; that same year, Tel Aviv held its first gay pride parade; marriages performed abroad are now recognised; and, in 2005, a lesbian couple was the first to adopt each other’s children setting a legal precedent for lesbigay parenting.”

http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-114912-00.html

·     Israeli soldiers permitted to march in the parade

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1300/J082v38n04_06?needAccess=true

·     Amit Kama -- From Terra Incognita to Terra Firma: The Logbook of the Voyage of Gay Men’s Community into the Israeli Public Sphere

·     Page 144 – “Another illustration of the Israeli strategies are the annual Gay Pride events that have been celebrated in Israel since 1993. These are never in-your-face assertions of difference and otherness that might foster and enhance the antagonism of the already homophobic segments of society. On the contrary, these happenings not only enjoy the auspices and financial subsidies of municipal or governmental bodies, but make every effort to diminish divisions between the lesbigay community and the rest of society.”

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4827981,00.html

·     Israeli soldiers originally forbidden to march in Pride parade in fears of it seeming political. The IDF ultimately changed its stance regarding the matter and permitted soldiers to march as long as they did not do so in uniform, while on duty, or through a political sentiment.

·     "The IDF Spokesperson, the chief of staff's Women's Affairs Advisor (who also deals in matters of sexual orientation and gender) and all the top officials are now saying that those who serve in the Israeli defense forces cannot march in the Pride parade."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v38n04_06

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-police-demands-for-kfar-sava-gay-pride-march-put-parade-in-doubt-1.6114389

Police Demands Israeli Gay Pride Parade Put Up High Fence, Stay Away From ultra-Orthodox

·     Kfar Saba pride parade à police insist that they build 2 meter fence along the route and large vehicles throughout the path

·     Changed route to not pass Chabad house

·     “This defeats one of the main objectives of the parade, which is for it to seen by all,” said Slutzker-Amran

·     Chen Arieli, chairman of the Aguda: ““The Israel Police cannot be an obstacle to the gay pride parade, not in Tel Aviv, not in Jerusalem, not in Kfar Sava or in any other city in Israel. This is a civil right, and if it is not realized by agreement, it will be achieved by legal means. We call on the public to vote with their feet and prove to the police and the Kfar Sava municipality the public importance of [the parade] taking place.”

Historical Background
Gay rights in Israel have progressed drastically since the years following the British Mandate over Palestine, when homosexuality was outlawed. The clause stated that “every man who allowed another man to have intercourse with him risked up to ten years of imprisonment.” In the 1960's, the Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Yosef Burg, described the phrase of "homosexual Jews" as an oxymoron given the biblical rejection of queer behavior. This provides a framework for the negative perceptions of homosexuality amongst Israeli politicians in the past. The legal code in Israel that once outlawed homosexuality was changed on March 22, 1988, effectively decriminalizing being gay.

Parade Criticism
Certain critics of the Tel Aviv Pride Parade argue that Israeli politicians who support the mistreatment of Palestinians are hypocritical to simultaneously back the parade. This touches on the idea of how the Tel Aviv pride parade seeks to "reproduce and glorify the Zionist settler-colonial project based on the violent erasure of Palestinians" and yet also aims to celebrate Israeli pride for gay people. The ideology behind this critique is that some Israeli politicians celebrate Israeli human rights issues while supporting the violation of Palestinian human rights issues. Another opposition to the parade is that it features gay soldiers who frequently commit crimes against Palestinians.

Parade Support
Proponents of the Pride Parade argue that it is an effective mechanism of integrating the lesbi-gay community into Israeli society. While the parade could have resulted in increased homophobia and anti-gay sentiment, it actually has fostered positive intergroup relationships.

Final Revisions
The first Tel Aviv Pride Parade was held in 1993.

Historical Background
Gay rights in Israel have progressed drastically since the years following the British Mandate over Palestine, when homosexuality was outlawed. The clause stated that “every man who allowed another man to have intercourse with him risked up to ten years of imprisonment.” In the 1960's, the Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Yosef Burg, described the phrase of "homosexual Jews" as an oxymoron given the biblical rejection of queer behavior. This provides a framework for the negative perceptions of homosexuality amongst Israeli politicians in the past. The legal code in Israel that once outlawed homosexuality was changed on March 22, 1988, effectively decriminalizing being gay.

Parade Criticism
Certain critics of the Tel Aviv Pride Parade argue that Israeli politicians who support the mistreatment of Palestinians are hypocritical to simultaneously back the parade. This touches on the idea of how the Tel Aviv pride parade seeks to "reproduce and glorify the Zionist settler-colonial project based on the violent erasure of Palestinians" and yet also aims to celebrate Israeli pride for gay people. The ideology behind this critique is that some Israeli politicians celebrate Israeli human rights issues while supporting the violation of Palestinian human rights issues. Another opposition to the parade is that it features gay soldiers who frequently commit crimes against Palestinians.

In Israel, LGBT activist groups have also criticized the Ministry of Tourism (Israel) for disproportionately allocating funds to LGBT tourism as opposed to the real LGBT activist organizations. The Ministry of Tourism spent $3 million on an advertisement part of a campaign meant to increase gay tourism. The advertisement stated, "hot guys, a magnificent gay beach, and never-ending nightlife." Meanwhile, Israeli LGBT organizations only receive one tenth of the amount budgeted for this advertisement on a yearly basis. This disproportionate spending angered leaders of the LGBT organizations and caused Chen Arieli and Imri Kalman, who were the co-chairs of The Aguda – Israel's LGBT Task Force, to threaten to cancel the LGBT Pride Parade. Unless money from other ministries or the tourism budget was reallocated to LGBT community grassroots organizations, the parade would be cancelled, according to Arieli and Kalman. The parade still took place that year, but the main outcome of this threat was that the Ministry of Tourism suspended its budget to attract gay tourism and added separate items to its budget for the LGBT organizations.

Parade Support
Proponents of the Pride Parade argue that it is an effective mechanism of integrating the lesbi-gay community into Israeli society. While the parade could have resulted in increased homophobia and anti-gay sentiment, it has fostered positive intergroup relationships. The parade is also supported financially and logistically by the Tel Aviv City Hall. This was the outcome of consistent requests made by Aguda, Israel's LGBT Task Force, in the first five years of the parade's existence.