Summary
Israel’s use of a supposed gender liberalism to distract from its human rights record, as defined in Chapter 8 of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction: “Israel’s smoke-and-mirrors attempt to distract from its egregious human rights record by foregrounding its own supposed gender liberalism while directing an accusing finger at Palestinian society” (Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, lines 1545-1565).
Details
- Israeli society overall is quite conservative; Israel is only “gay-friendly” when it serves its political purposes and only when individual gay people are Israelis or coveted Western tourists (lines 1550-1562).
- Israel makes no exceptions for queer Palestinian refugees on the right of return, soldiers do not inquire about sexuality at checkpoints, and demolition crews do not spare gay Palestinians’ homes (lines 1552-1565).
- Anti-pinkwashing activists have disrupted such propaganda in cities from Seattle to Berlin (lines 1548-1560).
Related pages
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, Nada Elia, AlQaws, Zionism