ARIEL, DOMINIQUE H. "Queering Zionism." Jerusalem Post, Mar 11, 2016, pp. 12. eLibrary
A 16 year old, Shira Banki at a Jerusalem pride parade was stabbed to death by a zionist or pro-israel man. This caused a meeting of LGBTQ Task Force and other national LGBT organizations to sit down and discuss the action that will be taken to reinforce anti-hate. As a result, complaints were made when a leader of a prominent LGBT organization in Jerusalem, Sarah Weil came out as a zionist. While the meeting was taking place an anti-zionist protest started outside. This identity crises has put zionist in a tight box and Weil is determined to stop it. She comes out to say that not all zionists are homophobic and that they should be included within the community and Weil is taking the steps to queer zionism.
The source was beneficial to my understanding of Israel's LGBT standpoint. Although, the source is not completely reliable because I couldn't find much information on the author yet, I found this article on a reliable data base. Ariel was very professional and had a good structure layout. Moreover, the piece is objected because of its clear neutrality. In the light of the theme, I saw how quickly Weil was judged as unreliable because someone in her “category” did something bad …show more content…
For example, A Bishop named, Yvette Flunder founded an organization called The Fellowship Global with the purpose of encouraging a social justice movement in Africa that includes the LGBT community and to lead the religious gays and lesbians out of the hate speech. TFG travels to anti-gay countries to talk to government officials and fellow clergy's. Flounder's explanation for the intolerance is that colonialism spread homophobic ideas in Africa, making it a staple in their religion. The people of Africa are spiritual and respond to
A 16 year old, Shira Banki at a Jerusalem pride parade was stabbed to death by a zionist or pro-israel man. This caused a meeting of LGBTQ Task Force and other national LGBT organizations to sit down and discuss the action that will be taken to reinforce anti-hate. As a result, complaints were made when a leader of a prominent LGBT organization in Jerusalem, Sarah Weil came out as a zionist. While the meeting was taking place an anti-zionist protest started outside. This identity crises has put zionist in a tight box and Weil is determined to stop it. She comes out to say that not all zionists are homophobic and that they should be included within the community and Weil is taking the steps to queer zionism.
The source was beneficial to my understanding of Israel's LGBT standpoint. Although, the source is not completely reliable because I couldn't find much information on the author yet, I found this article on a reliable data base. Ariel was very professional and had a good structure layout. Moreover, the piece is objected because of its clear neutrality. In the light of the theme, I saw how quickly Weil was judged as unreliable because someone in her “category” did something bad …show more content…
For example, A Bishop named, Yvette Flunder founded an organization called The Fellowship Global with the purpose of encouraging a social justice movement in Africa that includes the LGBT community and to lead the religious gays and lesbians out of the hate speech. TFG travels to anti-gay countries to talk to government officials and fellow clergy's. Flounder's explanation for the intolerance is that colonialism spread homophobic ideas in Africa, making it a staple in their religion. The people of Africa are spiritual and respond to