Saar Netanel

Saar Netanel (Hebrew: סער נתנאל; born c.1972)^[1] was a Jerusalem city council member and was one of the owners of Jerusalem’s only gay pub (The Shushan Pub) at the time it closed in 2007.^[2] He was the first openly gay man elected to an Israeli city council.^[3] Netanel was chairman of the Jerusalem Meretz branch.^[4]

Saar Netanel
סער נתנאל
Jerusalem City Council member
Chairman of Jerusalem Meretz Branch
Chair of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's GLBT Student Union, Ha'Asiron Ha'Acher
Personal details
Born	c.1972
Political party	Meretz

A riot broke out at Wigstock “98 (an annual AIDS fundraiser and drag festival) and four were arrested. Netanel, who was chair of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s LGBT student union, Ha'Asiron Ha'Acher, was one of the people arrested.^[5]

Publications

• Why the Eurovision belongs in Tel Aviv^[6]