The banner reads"PRIDE: The U.S. Embassy Jerusalem proudly supports tolerance and diversity." It hangs on a perimeter wall of a building belonging to the U.S. Embassy to Israel, a historic stone property that until last year served as the U.S. mission to the Palestinians. Embassy officials hung it up before a rally across the street celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month next week.
"I am surprised that the embassy decided not only to break the law, but also to put up a sign that the majority of residents oppose. Why take sides on a controversial issue and put up a sign on our street?" King told NPR."Most of the Jews, Christians and Muslims in the city oppose it." The U.S. Embassy said in a statement that the banner was"temporarily taken down ... pending a discussion with the City of Jerusalem municipal government."Jerusalem resident Natan Odenheimer said police officers confronted him as he photographed the banner being removed."This month we celebrate the LGBTI community and affirm that all human beings deserve to be treated with dignity," the embassy said, referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people.
Lol what? That's dumb!
Oh the irony.
What a stupid sign to begin with.
They'd do the same for a pro-Palestine banner... No free speech in Israel...
Whether we like it or not, it's their territory not ours. If their residents find it offensive, we can't force our values or social rights on them. It's THEIR COUNTRY. We shit on Americans in America for flying offensive flags. So Stop pushing your agenda on the rest of world.
I find those residents to be offensive. Can we have them removed?
Israeli citizens had Gay rights well before the US did. Just as Israel has ultra-Jewish population, it also has ultra-liberal Jews as well. Example: Jerusalem vs Tel Aviv. Israel has more freedoms than the US. Israel is not trump.
StevenAWright4 What idiot thought putting it up in the first place was a good idea? That is their country.
So the Israeli government is going full racist and homophobic. Time for the democratic party to start holding Israel accountable to human rights. Funny how Trump is happy to fund Israeli defense while throwing Japan and South Korea under the bus.
Trying to blemish the future eternal city of God. No chance.
We must follow whatever feelings people have in their local groups and be aware of offending them always...... Isn't that lib logic?
Now do you see the problem with cancel culture. Once you start it's hard to stop. Someone's always going to be offended!
It was a message of tolerance and inclusion. What does it say that people were offended by it?
Can LGBTQ use friendship beads like the rest of us..
Why would a US embassy have a gay pride banner to begin with? It's for all Americans & they're not supposed to be pushing personal agendas
Why was it up to begin with? Maybe some consider it offensive.
Offensive? jewishtimes
I do find it a bit humorous that a group that is constantly getting offended by just about everything is getting a taste of their own medicine.
So a city can tell embassy which is US territory take something down
Sounds fair. New rule: if a lot of people find something offensive, take it down, delete it, cancel it.
Sorry for existing I guess...
WTF?!
Move back to Tel Aviv, problem solved.
Ahh yes, so offensive to recognize the existence of a set of people, and say it's alright for them to be.
Why the hell are we hanging up LGBTQ banners on our embassies
What did it say
Why do we gives these clowns money and weapons again?
Apartheid is offensive
What's their email?
Not our country, not our rules.
It was probably that right wing extremist that was trying to run down protestors.
Anyone remember actual diplomacy?
NPR... racist hate group... defund NPR and PBS... severely biased against whites and conservatives
The banner was rehung Tuesday night following media coverage and discussions between the embassy and city officials.
Excellent! It's an embassy and we should respect what the host country wants. That is good relations. A minority people group should not dictate their agenda in relations with other countries.
Obama cronies still active in that embassy. realDonaldTrump
aravosis WTF? This is ridiculous!
defundIsrael
FreePalestine
I just don’t get why we celebrate sexuality. Who cares. Let everybody live and love but damn, no one cares what you do in the bedroom.
The tail wags the dog...
Tel Aviv is where it’s at.
Are you kidding me with this? You want to take this story and racebait against Israel? Post that banner in any muslim-majority country and see how long it lasts. hypocrites defundnpr *ssholes
It would a shame of someone’s basic human rights offended someone.
We sent money to them right? Remind them that some of that money or tax was from the lgbtq community.
aravosis Should stop giving these people money
An LGBTQ pride banner was temporarily taken down from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The city's deputy mayor asked for its removal after residents claimed pride is a sin
IF you are offended by the call for equal rights for all, you are offensive.
What the hell was it doing there in the first place? 🙄🙄
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