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Jerusalem Gay Parade: Rehovot Residents Attempted to Sabotase Traffic
"Gay Parade Aftermath: roughly 3,500 people marched Thursday evening in the much-contested Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, as some 1,500 ultra-Orthodox men, settlers and right-wing activists demonstrated against the event (more info)
Police will deploy more than 7,000 officers today in Jerusalem to protect an estimated crowd of 5,000 people expected to attend the Gay Pride parade. Ultra-Orthodox extremists staged violent protests yesterday, and police expect demonstrations to continue in several areas in the capital, following the High Court of Justice's ruling approving the event (see original text).
Jerusalem Police authorized the parade's organizers from the Jerusalem Open House gay rights organization to hold a procession along a stretch of several hundred yards. The parade will begin at King David and Moshe Hess Streets and end in the nearby Liberty Bell Park.
Police began scouring the route yesterday, to prevent the possibility of extremists planting explosives or other means of injuring the participants. Magen David Adom emergency service will deploy 45 ambulances and a total of 200 medical staff along the parade route.
The police are working under the assumption that protests against the parade will be held in several different neighborhoods and venues today. One of these will apparently be in the Jaffa Street and Sarei Yisrael junction, where police have permitted ultra-Orthodox demonstrators to hold a protest rally. It remains clear how many will participate.
The officers selected to participate in the operation have been preparing for a wide variety of scenarios, ranging from stabbing attempts to terrorist attacks with multiple casualties. Two years ago, an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator, Yishai Schlissel, leaped into the parade and stabbed three participants who sustained minor to moderate wounds.
So far, police have succeeded in foiling two plans to disrupt public order during the parade. In one instance, police arrested three men from Rehovot on suspicion of conspiring to throw spikes on the road to rupture the tires of passing traffic. In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, police also found a heap of 60 car tires, which they believe extremists had planned to set on fire.
The majority of ultra-Orthodox leaders, for their part, have ordered their followers not to participate in the demonstrations. Police believe this will help minimize protests..."
Source: Jonathan Lis and Yair Ettinger. Police to dispatch 7000 officers to J'lem Gay Pride parade. Haaretz.com (21 June 2007) [FullText]
Police will deploy more than 7,000 officers today in Jerusalem to protect an estimated crowd of 5,000 people expected to attend the Gay Pride parade. Ultra-Orthodox extremists staged violent protests yesterday, and police expect demonstrations to continue in several areas in the capital, following the High Court of Justice's ruling approving the event (see original text).
Jerusalem Police authorized the parade's organizers from the Jerusalem Open House gay rights organization to hold a procession along a stretch of several hundred yards. The parade will begin at King David and Moshe Hess Streets and end in the nearby Liberty Bell Park.
Police began scouring the route yesterday, to prevent the possibility of extremists planting explosives or other means of injuring the participants. Magen David Adom emergency service will deploy 45 ambulances and a total of 200 medical staff along the parade route.
The police are working under the assumption that protests against the parade will be held in several different neighborhoods and venues today. One of these will apparently be in the Jaffa Street and Sarei Yisrael junction, where police have permitted ultra-Orthodox demonstrators to hold a protest rally. It remains clear how many will participate.
The officers selected to participate in the operation have been preparing for a wide variety of scenarios, ranging from stabbing attempts to terrorist attacks with multiple casualties. Two years ago, an ultra-Orthodox demonstrator, Yishai Schlissel, leaped into the parade and stabbed three participants who sustained minor to moderate wounds.
So far, police have succeeded in foiling two plans to disrupt public order during the parade. In one instance, police arrested three men from Rehovot on suspicion of conspiring to throw spikes on the road to rupture the tires of passing traffic. In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, police also found a heap of 60 car tires, which they believe extremists had planned to set on fire.
The majority of ultra-Orthodox leaders, for their part, have ordered their followers not to participate in the demonstrations. Police believe this will help minimize protests..."
Source: Jonathan Lis and Yair Ettinger. Police to dispatch 7000 officers to J'lem Gay Pride parade. Haaretz.com (21 June 2007) [FullText]
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