LEGAL INSURECTION
Jewish Voice for Peace targeted at-risk LGBTQ contingent in Israel Day Parade
by William A. Jacobson
June 11, 2017

The targeting of the LGBTQ pro-Israel community is becoming an obsession for JVP. During the recent Israel Day Parade in New York City on June 4, 2017, JVP activists sought out and physically disrupted a particularly vulnerable group, Orthodox Jewish youth who had “come out” and were marching openly in the parade. The group that organized the contingent, Jewish Queer Youth (JQY), wrote what happened:…Seven JVP “disrupters” secretly infiltrated the LGBTQ marching cluster. They pretended to be part of our group, marching side by side with our teens. As our contingent approached 72nd Street, one of the JVP disrupters lunged toward our speaker system, pulling out as many wires as she could until our music went silent… READ MORE