The Council of Rabbis for Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) has appealed to the public to join a protest scheduled for 5 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT) Thursday on Agron Street near King David Street. "We will bodily block the shameful parade" of homosexuals and lesbians," said the rabbis.

They quoted a Biblical passage that the Land of Israel will throw out its inhabitants when they do not keep Torah commandments and instead live in abomination. "The idea of renewing the parade of abomination is a threat to the People of Israel," they added. "It is unbelievable how government officials strengthen the hand of those whose sins threaten to end the community of Israel."

The rabbis emphasized to protest in a legal and acceptable way.