Al Qaws is a gay rights group that is supposedly based in the Palestinian territories but that in fact stages all its events in Israel, where they are allowed to hold events without objection.
They just reportedly tried to set up a gathering in Nablus.
The Palestinian police said that they will not allow any such events, ever.
Police spokesperson Colonel Louay Arzaiqat wrote on his Facebook account that any such activities are “considered a blow to the ideals and values of the Palestinian society that our people have maintained throughout history.”
Arzaiqat stressed that there are “suspicious parties trying to create sedition and prejudice the civil peace of the Palestinian society.”
He said that the police will arrest and work to prosecute those in charge any gathering by Al Qaws in Nablus.
He called on citizens to report any person who they suspect is trying to create a pro-gay event in Palestinian Authority administered areas.
Al Qaws responded, “The Palestinian police statement on the prevention of Al Qaws activities in the West Bank is very unfortunate…Al-Qaws is a Palestinian organization that has been operating since 2001 in all parts of Occupied Palestine (in areas occupied in 1948 and 1967) and is doing educational and professional programs on sexual and gender pluralism with dozens of Palestinian civil society organizations. … The police, as well as all authorities, must focus on and work to address the occupation and other forms of violence that undermine the values and sensitive fabric of our society, rather than pursuing our activists…”.
I don’t think Rashida Tlaib or Ilhan Omar, those leftist darlings, will ever denounce the anti-gay stance of Palestinian officials. At best, if confronted, they will blame Israel, just like Al Qaws itself does.
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