(WARNING: PLEASE NOTE THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS NUDE WOMEN – DO NOT CLICK ON THE PHOTO – WHICH WILL MAKE IT LARGER – IF YOU WILL BE OFFENDED)

I always thought that the “Jerusalem Pride Parade” was for advocating for gay rights in Israel, but apparently it has another message too.

I came across to the above photograph through a Colorado blog, Fire Witch Rising.  It depicts women from the Parade with Palestianian-style scarfs and nude breasts.  Actually, most of them are not Palestinian but are in fact Israeli women.

The Hebrew writing on their nude bodies reads, “I have sex with Palestinian women.”

Although controversial and provocative, the photograph seems to have a message for reconciliation and reminds of the American “make love, no war” slogan.

Interestingly, I never read/listened in the mainstream media that the pride parade had a reconciliation theme.  I remember a 2005 New York Times frontpage photograph that depicted Jerusalem’s Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian spiritual leaders condemning the parade.

Maybe it does take taking some prejudice off for establishing peace between Israelis and Palestinians?