Gay bar in jenin, palestine

Palestinian police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a year-old man after his body was found decapitated in the occupied West Bank. LGBTQ groups in Israel, where Ahmad Abu Marhia was seeking asylum, say he had received threats because he was gay. Video of the murder scene in Hebron has spread widely on social media raising speculation about the motive, but police say nothing is confirmed. LGBTQ groups say he had spent two years in Israel waiting on an asylum claim to flee abroad after receiving death threats from within his community.

It was Saturday night at an apartment in Jerusalem, Israel. We decided to cross the border and have a night out in Palestine because it was 10x closer than going to the gay capital Tel Aviv. The travel was sheer luxury for us because Israelis are not allowed to enter the area. Since we were non-Israeli gays, we were technically allowed to party.

An Economist article says you will become an agent for Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency, to avoid being outed to your family. The film Out in the Dark says that you will fall in love with an attractive Israeli lawyer who will help you seek refuge in Tel Aviv. A Jew will tell you that Palestinian homosexuals live a life of constant danger, whereas in Israel they would enjoy an open existence. Another Jew overhearing this may retort that Israel uses its promotion of gay rights to mask its human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar in the Gayborhood regularly host drag and burlesque performances. A show the bar promoted last Saturday included Palestinian performer Leila Delicious on the bill, until she was abruptly removed. The polarizing discourse over the war in the Gaza Strip has touched multiple facets of Philadelphia culture, from academia at the University of Pennsylvania to restaurants with the protests at Goldie. This past weekend, the controversy extended to Philly nightlife, specifically at Gayborhood bar Tabu.