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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Jerusalem police to beef up security for Old City march
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice plan to deploy hundreds of officers to Jerusalem’s Old City next week, a spokesman says Thursday, in a bid to secure an annual march commemorating Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War that may coincide with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says some 2,000 officers will be sent to secure Sunday’s march, which is expected to draw some 30,000 people. Ramadan, which draws tens of thousands of worshipers to the Temple Mount in the Old City, could begin Sunday evening.
Rosenfeld says police intend to make sure the marchers and Muslim faithful do not cross paths, hoping to ensure that “there will be no incidents whatsoever.”
— AP
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