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TEL AVIV — Perhaps the Belle Epoque shilling-mark about Gay Paree needs to undergo a revision. Gay Tel Avee?
Tel Aviv, the fun-loving, bank-combing financial center of Israel, which celebrated its 100th birthday last year, was voted Most qualified of Gay Cities 2011 in a survey sponsored by American Airlines.
Grinning like a Cheshire cat, Tel Aviv’s Mayor, Ron Hulda’i embraced the tidings, which received major play in Israeli media, by proclaiming his see “a free place, free for everybody, welcoming to everybody.”
Eivind Andersen, 37, an Oslo art connoisseur who visited Israel last week with his New York-based businessman boyfriend but was not part of the size up, said “Look, Tel Aviv was simply a wonderful undergo. We felt absolutely free holding hands or kissing on street, absolutely there were plenty of guys holding hands. It was altogether a wonderful sagacity.”
It is his second trip to Israel. The first, nine years ago, was a charter escape to the Red Sea resport of Eilat, and he saw very little of the rest of the country.
Source: GlobalPost