This summer, the International Gay Pride Parade is scheduled to take place in Jerusalem. This Gay-fest was originally scheduled to take place last summer, but was delayed until this summer, as the "Disengagement" (expulsion) from Gush Katif and northern Samaria was taking place at that time.



However, it seems that the International Gay Pride Parade, and all of the festivities that go along with it, may not happen this summer after all. And everyone who opposed Ariel Sharon's "Disengagement Plan" and who are now opposed to Ehud Olmert's "Convergence Plan" should be paying close attention.
"Police weigh banning J'lem gay parade"



Jerusalem police are expected to decide this week whether to allow a controversial international gay pride parade to take place in the city this summer amidst growing international opposition to the event by an unusual coalition of religious Christians, Jews, and Muslims around the world.



The super-sensitive police decision, which will be taken by Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter in consultation with Jerusalem police chief Ilan Franco, comes after months of simmering tension over the planned August event, with concerns growing of a violent showdown between extremist opponents of the parade and its participants if it goes ahead as scheduled.
Why is the likelihood of this Gay-fest ever getting off the ground shrouded in doubt?



Simply because the police recognize that there is such overwhelming opposition to this parade, regardless of what the Jerusalem Municipality or Supreme Court have to say about it. The police recognize that this parade has the potential to cause civil unrest, and frankly, they don't want any part of it.



After reading the above article, the failure of the struggle against Ariel Sharon's expulsion plan becomes even more apparent.



Had those who opposed the expulsion plan been successful in creating the impression that, should the expulsion plan go forward, the entire country would erupt, the plan would not have been carried out - regardless of how badly Ariel Sharon or Aharon Barak, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, wanted it to happen.



Can one truly believe that a Gay-fest in the heart of Jerusalem is significantly worse than the destruction of over a dozen Jewish communities in the Land of Israel, handing those communities over to those who actively seek our very destruction, along with the expulsion of about 10,000 Jews from their homes, turning them into refugees within their very own homeland?



Contrary to the response of those opposed to the International Gay Pride Parade, when it came to the expulsion of 10,000 Jews from their homes and the destruction of Jewish communities in the Land of Israel, many of the leaders of the "opposition" went out of their way to ensure that no such public fury would erupt. This message was received loud and clear by the government, police and army.



Calls for soldiers to refuse orders were rejected out of hand, a coordinated campaign of non-violent civil disobedience was casually dismissed; all while the leaders of the "opposition" to the expulsion plan stressed time and again the supreme importance of maintaining national unity, above all else.



Is it any wonder that the struggle against Sharon's expulsion plan failed so miserably?



The secret to success in future struggles over the Land of Israel is playing itself out before our very eyes. Hopefully, lovers of the Land of Israel are paying attention.