Israel is following the US in efforts to ban strip clubs --with religious conservatives claiming to be protecting women. I visited the strip club in the photo in 2017.
The current bar and club closures are in effect reminiscent of prohibition. Pressure from the Christian right singled those businesses out.
You can get shit faced drunk in a restaurant but not a bar. You can have a hookah lounge but not a club. A bikini bar but not a strip club. The political influence on these measures is obvious.
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You can get shit faced drunk in a restaurant but not a bar. You can have a hookah lounge but not a club. A bikini bar but not a strip club. The political influence on these measures is obvious.