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Jerusalem Pride organisers bucked the "June" trend for Pride this year moving its annual march closer to the anniversary of the hate-crime at a Tel Aviv LGBT youth centre in 2009 that resulted in two young people being shot to death and left at least 15 people wounded.

The Jerusalem Post's coverage of the Pride celebrations stated, "There are still no new leads in the murder case of Nir Katz, 24, and Liz Troubashi, 17, who were both gunned down on August 1, 2009"

The Pride festivities have not been without their fair share of violence however with provisos years encountering attacks and violence, but this year the backlash was a little more subdued with police reportedly saying ahead of the July 28 Pride parade that any disturbance to public peace will be met with “resilience and determination”.

This year however, the main report of violence was from a man who allegedly threw a stink bomb into the 4,000 strong crowd.

The Organisation that runs Jerusalem Pride, Open House has joined forces with other minority groups to bring attention to their respective causes, in what is known as the “season of protests”, with Pride participants joining nurses, social workers, students, doctors and housing protestors.

“This is one day of the year that we can march through the streets exactly as who were are and the way we are, and we’re marching hand in hand with many of Israel’s struggling communities,” Open House executive director Yonatan Gher reportedly said.