Israel is deploying over 2,000 police on Thursday for a march by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City. Authorities say it's a determined effort to ensure the contentious event passes without violence.
Police have decided to allow the thousands of marchers to take the “traditional” route through the Old City’s Damascus Gate — despite an uptick in Israeli-Palestinian violence over the past year and heavy fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza last week.
