Why Israel has not yet lost Europe
Europeans are angry about Gaza, but they aren’t voting like it
PRIDE PARADES in Amsterdam are the ultimate carnivals of European tolerance. Streets and canals are flooded with buzz-cut women, men in bondage gear and variations on the rainbow flag that only an expert in gender heraldry could parse. But one flag was unwelcome at this summer’s parades: Israel’s. An organising committee tried to ban it. The ban was cancelled after the mayor objected, yet a Jewish queer group that carried one at a pride march on July 20th was berated by Palestinian-flag carriers until it gave up.
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