Police detain 4 suspected of spray-painting pro-LGBT graffiti in Jerusalem
Police overnight between Wednesday and Thursday detained four young women suspected of vandalizing public property by spray-painting graffiti in support of the contested upcoming LGBT pride parade in the capital.According to police, the women in their 30s spray-painted the walls of several buildings and locations along the march@@@s route.When the women were detained, they told police they had carried out their actions to encourage people to attend the procession. Following police questioning, the detained women were released.This year@@@s march comes the year after a 16-year-old was murdered by a religious zealot at the parade. The 2016 parade has been shrouded in controversy, as it commonly is each year, as various members of Jerusalem@@@s ultra-Orthodox and National-Zionist populations oppose the demonstration of gay rights.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM
