"As if threats of violence and explosive devices...."
Oh, the little darlings don't just threaten.
Two years ago, one stabbed a few people on the parade route (most notably, a man and his teenage daughter, marching together) and the ENTIRE COMMUNITY picked up that night and left on the first flight out....taking EVERY PENNY they would have spent on Holy Land antiques, clothes, tours, meals, etc.
Not a brilliant idea for a land heavily dependent on tourism and deserted because of Middle East warfare....
The guy who did it was locked up, but in a psychiatric institution.....sadly, he is venerated as a hero in the haredi world.
It gets VERY ugly there.....to a point where I think maybe they should just not have a Jerusalem parade,

and content themselves with Tel Aviv for now, where the power base is in reverse.
"Am I the only one who misses the late Carrie Donovan (the older lady with the oversized round eyeglasses, former NYTimes Fashion Editor) from the Old Navy tv ads??"
No, you are not. Let's just say she was a rose among thorns.