The first Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, organized in 2002, passed off without incident. In 2006, at the time of the Lebanese-Israeli war, things were different. The planned international Gay Parade was scrapped and even a local version ran into protests from ultra-orthodox Jews and Islamic and Christian clergy. Thousands of orthodox Jews fought with the police daily, until the parade was canceled. To replace it, a homo rally was organized in a hermetically sealed stadium. In 2007 the Gay Pride Parade consisted of nothing more than walking along a heavily-policed, two-kilometer route in Jerusalem.

Ahikam Seri (b. 1972, Israel) works as a freelance journalist in Jerusalem for European and American magazines. In 2004 he took part in the Noorderlicht exhibition Nazar.