LGBT community upset at closure of only gay bar in Jerusalem

After weathering religious disapproval and arson, the only gay and lesbian bar in Jerusalem closes this week.  Shushan, which has served customers for four years, contained the unlikely sight of drag queens mixing with Palestinians and Orthodox Jews. Yan Carmel, a 21-year-old student at Hebrew University, told The Times: "Shushan was one of the few places where we could feel that we were in a free world." click here for the full article