A fervently Orthodox mob opposed to the upcoming Jerusalem gay pride parade tried to attack the city’s mayor. Mayor Uri Lupolianski had to be extricated by police late Tuesday after scores of protesters threw stones at a banquet hall he was visiting near the fervently Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She’arim.
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