Plight of gays in Israel

"Tel Aviv's Gan Meir park, the home of the city's gay community center, is meant to be a safe place for the city's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents. But in recent months the site has become a dangerous place.  "There's too much violence here. Groups are going around with pocket knives. People are afraid to go into the park," said a 17-year-old member of the organization Israel Gay Youth. "I have a lot of friends who are afraid to pass through this area. I'm afraid to go there, too, and this is supposed to be the gay park.""  Of course, the plight of gays in Israel has never been good but assuming it is--which is not--some American liberals basically make this argument: sure Israeli kill Palestinian women and children regularly, and sure Israel has uprooted a nation, but it treats gays well--not that it does, of course.