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Sunday, June 5, 2016
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Sunday, June 5, 2016
Police deploy ‘very large numbers’ for Jerusalem Day march
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say their numbers are heavily bolstered for the Jerusalem Day parade in the Old City, which passes through the Muslim Quarter.
Some 30,000 people are expected to participate in the march, which is set to begin at 5:15 p.m.
“We shall be there in very large numbers,” says police spokesman Asi Aharoni. “We have more than 2,000 police just for the Jerusalem Day events.”
Israeli rights group Ir Amim had asked the High Court to bar the march from entering the Old City through the Damascus Gate, the main entry used by Palestinians. The court rejected the appeal, but required the marchers to complete their passage through the gate by 6:15 p.m. and through the Muslim Quarter by 7 p.m.
— AFP
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