Recent gay bashing proves that relatively tolerant Tel Aviv is hardly the consensus.

“There are two genders – men and women, actually there is another one which you are not allowed to mention,” Lt. General Dan Halutz said in a public speech, coolly referring to gays and lesbians.
His clumsy slip of the tongue, by no means his worst act of public relations recently, has secured him a place in the ever-growing camp of opponents to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Israel.
The statement itself is hardly interesting; even its derogatory lingo is banal and outdated. Nevertheless, it does have a double context which is worthwhile examining.

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