"About 2,500 participated in the march and there were no incidents,
except for one stink bomb being thrown. An ultra-Orthodox (Jew) and two
women suspected of causing the provocation were detained,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. But that relative calm was enforced by hundreds of police officers who were deployed to protect marchers.
Three Haredim Arrested At Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
A haredi man was arrested after he allegedly threw a stink bomb at marchers in Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade today, Ynet reported.
Two haredi women, one wearing a donkey costume and carrying a sign reading, “I’m a proud donkey,” and the other wearing an ape costume, were also reportedly arrested on the same street for clashing with the parade’s marchers and aiding the man who threw the stink bomb.
Also, a group of about 150 haredim in the haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim protested the "abomination" of homosexuality.
"About 2,500 participated in the march and there were no incidents, except for one stink bomb being thrown. An ultra-Orthodox (Jew) and two women suspected of causing the provocation were detained,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the AFP.
But the relative calm did not come naturally.
Hundreds of uniformed and plain clothes police were deployed along the parade route to prevent violent attacks – like those that have taken place in the past – against the marchers and to prevent the haredi demonstrators in Mea Shearim from spilling out of the neighborhood to confront the gay pride marchers.