Editor’s note: Israel Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Sunday, Nov. 5 denied a request by Jerusalem police to cancel the city’s gay pride parade. The parade, which has drawn threats of violence from the haredi – devout Orthodox Jews in Mea She’arim – is now scheduled for Friday, Nov. 10. Authorities said prior to j.’s deadline Wednesday, Nov. 8 that 12,000 police would be called in to protect the marchers. Here are two views of the planned event and the controversy surrounding it.

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