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Jerusalem braced for gay parade
Gay Pride event in Tel Aviv on 8 June
A larger event in Tel Aviv passed off peacefully earlier this month
A controversial Gay Pride parade is due to march through Jerusalem with an expected 5,000 participants.
The event has sparked fierce protests among the holy city's religious communities.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have protested repeatedly against the march in the past week, burning tyres, confronting police and damaging police cars.
More than 7,000 police will secure the parade and prevent possible clashes between the two sides.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to the event, rejecting last-minute appeals by conservative Jews to get the parade cancelled.
The event, held in Jerusalem since 2001, has been denounced in the past by conservative Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups which share a view that homosexuality is an abomination.
But civil liberties groups argue that event celebrates diversity in the holy city.
"The question of 'why in Jerusalem' is not a question. It is the same question as letting women vote," said Dana Olmert, daughter of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, herself a lesbian, in an interview with Israel's Army radio.
Last year, the event was relocated to a sports stadium due to security concerns.
In 2005, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester stabbed and wounded three people despite a heavy police presence at the event.
Israel's largest annual Gay Pride parade held in the mainly secular city of Tel Aviv passed off peacefully earlier this month. About 20,000 people attended the event.
Gay Pride event in Tel Aviv on 8 June
A larger event in Tel Aviv passed off peacefully earlier this month
A controversial Gay Pride parade is due to march through Jerusalem with an expected 5,000 participants.
The event has sparked fierce protests among the holy city's religious communities.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have protested repeatedly against the march in the past week, burning tyres, confronting police and damaging police cars.
More than 7,000 police will secure the parade and prevent possible clashes between the two sides.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to the event, rejecting last-minute appeals by conservative Jews to get the parade cancelled.
The event, held in Jerusalem since 2001, has been denounced in the past by conservative Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups which share a view that homosexuality is an abomination.
But civil liberties groups argue that event celebrates diversity in the holy city.
"The question of 'why in Jerusalem' is not a question. It is the same question as letting women vote," said Dana Olmert, daughter of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, herself a lesbian, in an interview with Israel's Army radio.
Last year, the event was relocated to a sports stadium due to security concerns.
In 2005, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester stabbed and wounded three people despite a heavy police presence at the event.
Israel's largest annual Gay Pride parade held in the mainly secular city of Tel Aviv passed off peacefully earlier this month. About 20,000 people attended the event.
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