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AP, Jerusalem.
Thousands of people participated on Thursday in the 20ª edition of the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, which was held with an important police deployment after the threats received by the organizers.
Thousands of police were deployed “to guarantee the safety of the participants and public order”, indicated the security forces in A statement was released.
According to the police, three suspects were arrested, one of them for having threatened one of the organizers of the march on social networks and the other two for transporting tear gas to the march. geno in his vehicle.
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The president of the Israeli Parliament, Mickey Levy, who participated in the march (something unprecedented), he claimed on Twitter “support for the fight of the LGBT community for equal rights.” Seven people were killed during the Pride march in Jerusalem, causing the death of the teenager Shira Banki.
Israel is considered a pioneer country in the Middle East in the defense of LGBT people.< /p>
But the homosexual community suffers more discrimination in Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Muslims and Christians, than in Tel Aviv, renowned for its tolerance on the matter.