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Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv: Who is performing - and where will the roads be blocked? - Voila! news

2023-06-07T19:31:45.512Z

Highlights: The Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv will be held tomorrow (Thursday) for the 25th time. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in the march, which will return to the promenade this year and begin at 17 p.m. Major streets in the city will be gradually blocked starting in the morning. Hundreds of police officers, who will also be deployed along the route of the march and in the surrounding area, will be deployed. Flying drones will be prohibited without prior approval.


The Tel Aviv municipality decided to split this year's gay pride event, held for the 25th time, into two parts - on Thursday evening there will be a march and on Friday morning a party in Ganei Yehoshua. The closures will begin as early as 06:00 on some streets, and are expected to open at 22:00. Who shows up and where and how are the police deployed? All you need to know


Gay Pride Parade (Shira Bar)

The Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv will be held tomorrow (Thursday) for the 25th time. Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in the march, which will return to the promenade this year and begin at 17 p.m. Major streets in the city will be gradually blocked starting in the morning.

The Tel Aviv municipality decided to split the event into two parts this year - a march in the afternoon and evening, which is less hot, and a party in Ganei Yehoshua on Friday afternoon. The gathering will begin at 00 p.m. at the corner of Shalag Street and Herbert Samuel Street, near Gordon Beach. From there, masses of LGBT people, supporters and tourists will march to Daniel Street, the beginning of Charles Clore Park. According to the municipality, the expected end time is 16 p.m., and police expect the roadblocks to open at 00 p.m. Eight trucks of gay organizations and lines of pride parties will take part in the parade.

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Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, 2022 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Obstructions and exit routes from the city

Public transportation in the city will be significantly increased in order to meet the expected demand and traffic congestion. In order to enable the parade, starting at 06:00, the police will blockHerbert Samuel streets in a southerly direction between Shalag and Yehezkel Kaufman, the Yarkon from Jabotinsky to the south, Rokach Boulevard to the west from Ibn Gvirol, Frishman Street to the west from Dizengoff to Herbert Samuel, Trumpeldor to the west from Ben Yehuda to Herbert Samuel, Geula to the west from the Yarkon to Herbert Samuel, Zerubbabel to the west from Hayarkon Street to Herbert Samuel, and Nehemiah heading west from the Yarkon to Herbert Samuel.

At 12:00, Hayarkon Street will also be blocked northward, from Yosef Halevi to Y.L. Gordon, Yehezkel Kaufman north from Eilat to Yosef Halevi, Nahum Goldman from Clock Square to Kaufman, Eilat west from Elifelet, as well as Elifelet Street itself north from Shlomo Road, and Shlomo Road west from Elifelet Street. Also blocked at this time will be Mapu westward from Ben Yehuda to the Yarkon, Ness Ziona westward from Ben Yehuda to the Yarkon, Geula westward from the Conquerors to Herbert Samuel, Rabbi Aaronsohn westward from the Conquerors to the Yarkon, Nehemiah westward from the Conquerors to Herbert Samuel, and Carmelit Street westward, from the Conquerors to Hayarkon Street.

The exit routes from the citywill be from Eilat Street and from there to Jaffa Road and Menachem Begin Street, HaRakevet Street, La Guardia, or Allenby Street to Pinsker, Bograshov, Tchernichovsky, Dizengoff and Kaplan Streets. It will also be possible to exit Jabotinsky Street to Namir Road. And from Y.L. Gordon Street to King Solomon Street and from there to HaNeviim Street and King Saul Boulevard.

Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, 2022 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Full list of shows

The parade is expected to be secured by hundreds of police officers, who will also be deployed from the morning along the route of the march and in the surrounding streets. The police will not allow vehicles to park along the route of the procession, and will not allow weapons to enter the compounds. Flying drones will be prohibited without prior approval. MDA is also preparing for the event, with intensive care vehicles, ambulances, motorcycles, ATVs and medical personnel along the route.

The artistic part will arrive on Friday, at Ganei Yehoshua Park, starting at 12:00. Iggy Waxman, Izzy, Elin Golan, Echo, Jane Bordeaux, Chen Aharoni, Maya Bouskyla, Miri Mesika, Nono, Noa Tishbi, Noar Shulim, Neta Barzilai, Ness Vestila, Ivri Leader, Eden Daniel Gabay, Omri Smadar and Shlomit Aharon, Red Access, Rif Cohen, Ran Danker, Shahar Tabuch, Shir Zuaretz and Tamir Greenberg. The DJ stand will be played by Eliran Halevy and Yinon Yahel. The event will be hosted by Nadav Bornstein and Lioz Levy.

Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, 2022 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Unusually, the municipality decided this year not to allow politicians' speeches at the parade. This is despite the fact that at all the gay pride parades in the city in recent years, senior political figures have spoken. The only politician who will speak at the parade is Mayor Ron Huldai, who is running for a sixth term in office in elections to be held at the end of October.

"At this time, when democracy in Israel is in crisis, and we are witnessing steps that undermine the foundations of the Declaration of Independence and undermine our common existence, the LGBT protest, from which the gay pride parade was born, is dozens of times more important," Huldai said ahead of the parade. "I hear from all sides the sincere and genuine concerns of members of the community about the denial of the rights that have been hard-earned over the years and about stopping the advancement of the many rights that still have to be fought to achieve. We in Tel Aviv-Yafo will continue to be a beacon for the democratic values that underlie our existence, including the continued struggle for full equality of every citizen."

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