Just hours ago Yishai Schlissel, an Orthodox Jewish man went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem wounding six individuals, two of whom are in critical condition. The Orthodox man felt outraged because the Gay Pride paraders insisted on demonstrating in Israel's most religious city. Only about 30% of Israelis are religious, with the largest consecrated of Orthodox Jews being in Jerusalem (a city of eight to nine million people.)
This isn't Mr. Schlissel's first stabbing either; in 2005 he stabbed three people at a similar event. He had just gotten out of prison for his assault three weeks ago.
Schlissel's attack follows a long tradition known as Zealotry that exists in Judaism as well as within other religions. Homosexual acts were condemned in the Jewish Torah under the penalty of stoning; although there are no examples in the Hebrew Scripture of this penalty ever being carried out there are plenty examples of zealots throughout the Tanakah: There's the grandson of Aaron who is praised for killing followers of the god Baal of Peor and the Prophet Samuel is noted to have killed a King of the Amalekites--a nomadic people who lived in south Israel and the Sinai region.
Men such as Judas Maccebeus have served as an inspiration as a revolt leader against gentile influence after leading a successful revolt against the Syrian-Greeks in the 2nd century BC.
Most Orthodox Jews who have spoken out condemned the attack with some hoping that the Torah will once again be the Law of the land and obeyed by all Jews.
The city was hesitate to even allow such a parade in their conservative city.
For the the raw text on events mentioned above, click the links:
Phinehas and the followers of Baal
The Prophet Samuel kills the Amalekite King
The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus
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