{"id":477209,"date":"2026-06-05T06:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/477209\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:21:20","slug":"as-pride-parade-sets-off-yair-lapid-promises-equal-rights-for-gay-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/477209\/","title":{"rendered":"As Pride Parade sets off, Yair Lapid promises equal rights for gay couples"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the opening to the event, former prime minister Yair Lapid<\/a> announced that in the first 100 days of the next government, they would pass a law ensuring that all couples in Israel would be equal.<\/p>\n

“Mother and father, father and father, mother and mother, all will have the same rights, all will be equal before the law,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We stand here with the entire gay community today to say: The situation is not a given, reality is not a decree of fate,” he added.<\/p>\n

“We are masters of our own destiny. If this government has a problem with LGBT people, then this government should go home, because the community is not going anywhere. Happy Pride Month. I am proud to be here with you.”<\/p>\n

MK Gilad Kariv also attended the parade. In a post on X\/Twitter, he mentioned that the previous year had set a new record for violent incidents against the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

“We will not give up the right of every young man and woman, every man and woman in Israel, to feel safe, loved, and valued,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

As the parade began, several people held signs protesting Israel’s military actions in Gaza<\/a> and treatment of Palestinians, with some reading “No pride in genocide” and “No pride in apartheid.”<\/p>\n

The march, held under the slogan \u201cDemanding Change,\u201d departed from Sacher Park and will continue toward the Rose Garden, passing near the Supreme Court<\/a> and Knesset area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Organizers said the route, approved in coordination with the Jerusalem District Police, is intended to underline that the demand for equality is not symbolic, but requires action by decision-makers.<\/p>\n

This year’s closing rally at the Rose Garden opposite the Knesset will be hosted by Elad Bar-Noy and Aviya Farhi.<\/p>\n

Security around the parade was particularly prominent, as it has been since the 2015 murder of 16-year-old Shira Banki, who was killed during a Jerusalem Pride event.<\/p>\n

Avihai Chiim contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the opening to the event, former prime minister Yair Lapid announced that in the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14212,221400,120397,221399,50,42,221401,221402,31480,10124,43,221403,40,38,41,39,19344],"class_list":["post-477209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-gay","tag-gay-israel","tag-gay-marriage","tag-gay-pride","tag-gaza","tag-headlines","tag-israel-gays","tag-jerusalem-gay-pride","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq","tag-news","tag-pride-parade","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-yair-lapid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}