"The occupation contradicts the idea of a free society."
Professor Aeyal Gross, Tel Aviv University.
This half-hour documentary starts off with the fun fun fun of Tel Aviv Pride and some sunkissed boys on the beach, and mentions the deliberate Israel government policy of advertising and promoting Tel Aviv as a gay tourist destination and "a bastion of gay freedom in a region that's anything but."
But it's not all bums and sun, you know?
It does discuss Pinkwashing and talks to Israeli LGBT activists "angry that the tolerance is being exploited by politicians to show Israel as morally superior over its neighbours, and to deflect attention from the Palestinians - even if they are being kept in check by a gay-friendly army."
Though we're told these campaigners are "some of the few critical voices".
Bit of your actual BBC balance there.
Who knew?!
They only bothered legalising bumming in 1988.
We also hear from "a prominent nuclear scientist" (!!!) sacked for being gay.
But it's all fab now - we learn that even "Mossad is actively recruiting gays... for honeytraps."
A pink paradise indeed.
The journalist Tim Samuels also manages to talk to one (1) gay Palestinian - who gets less on-screen time than Dana International.
Update: "Mr Netanyahu also said in his interview that the people of Iran and Israel had a "deep friendship into modern times" that had been destroyed by Iran's current theocratic government. He criticised the censorship of social media and satellite channels inside Iran as well as the government's treatment of women and gays."
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview the BBC Persian TV station, quoted in the Telegraph.
He also caused ridicule by saying wearing "western blue jeans" is banned in Iran.
One of endless horror stories we've been fed.
"But I read it in the western media!" etc etc.
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