Tourists flock to Hilton Beach for Pride party

The beach site is hosting the party as part of a build-up to Tel Aviv's annual Pride parade.

Pride beach 370 (photo credit: Courtesy)
Pride beach 370
(photo credit: Courtesy)
Israel's gay and lesbian community as well as many tourists from around the world gathered on Hilton Beach to celebrate the Tel Aviv's world renowned Pride parade.
                   
Tourists told JPostTV that Tel Aviv is much more open and accepting than many other places they have been to, even saying that Tel Aviv is so gay friendly that they forget they are in Israel, a place otherwise filled with religious and political tension.
But these tensions were far away from the Hilton beach on Thursday afternoon where hundreds of half naked men and women were drinking and dancing to celebrate Pride.