Saar Netanel Explained

Saar Netanel
Birth Date:c.1972
Office:Jerusalem City Council member
Office2:Chairman of Jerusalem Meretz Branch
Office3:Chair of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's GLBT Student Union, Ha'Asiron Ha'Acher
Party:Meretz

Saar Netanel (born c.1972)[1] was a Jerusalem city council member and was one of the owners of Jerusalem’s only gay pub (The Shushan Pub) at the time it closed in 2007.[2] He was the first openly gay man elected to an Israeli city council.[3] Netanel was chairman of the Jerusalem Meretz branch.[4]

A riot broke out at Wigstock “98 (an annual AIDS fundraiser and drag festival) and four were arrested. Netanel, who was chair of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s GLBT student union, Ha'Asiron Ha'Acher, was one of the people arrested.[5]

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  1. News: Jerusalem's only gay bar closes . 28 January 2023 . Seattle Gay News . 23 November 2007.
  2. News: The Shushan Pub . 3 November 2022 . Salt Lake Magazine . November 21, 2007.
  3. News: Gay politicians keep power in Israeli elections . 3 November 2022 . The Advocate . October 31, 2003.
  4. News: Barkat . Amiriam . Court Orders J'lem Municipality to Drop Ban on Gay Pride Parade . 3 November 2022 . Haaretz . June 26, 2005.
  5. Web site: Israel's Wigstock '98 Ends in Protest . GenderNews . 3 November 2022.
  6. News: Netanel . Saar . Why the Eurovision belongs in Tel Aviv . 3 November 2022 . Ynet News.