Ad in #New_York_Times sparks debate over Israeli ’#pinkwashing' - Jewish World News Israel News | Haaretz
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Some commenters on Boteach’s Facebook page, where he posted an image of the ad, objected to his use of gay rights as a way to promote support for Israel – a practice some have called “pinkwashing,” referring to an emphasis on the country’s friendliness to gays in contrast to many Muslim countries, while downplaying Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
“#Pinkwashing israeli apartheid,” commenter Cindy Newman wrote on Boteach’s Facebook page. “What kind of ’man of god’ uses other peoples struggles to promote ethnic cleansing and apartheid?”
Leslie Strickland, whose Facebook page describes her as a family medicine physician in Philadelphia, wrote: “This is called pinkwashing. Trying to paint over the blood on Israel’s hands with pink paint. Using the LGBT community in this way is patronizing and despicable. And by the way #Israel, it’s not working, I can still seethe blood.”