Jerusalem Police plan massive deployment around US embassy ceremony next week

Jerusalem police are planning for a massive security operation to prevent any attempts by Palestinians to disrupt the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem on May 15.

These preparations include deploying some 1,750 cops around the southern Jerusalem site that is currently the US consulate in the city, and the forming of a massive police line separating the compound from the nearby Palestinian village of Tsur Baher, Hadashot television news reports.

The report also says police will prevent the mosques of Tsur Baher from sounding the call to prayer during the ceremony, out of a concern that the mosque loudspeakers will be used to disrupt the event.