Israeli police square U.n. emissary throughout parade with Palestinian Christians

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 U.n. agent Robert Serry, a gathering of Palestinian Christians continue through the Old City

 A lady says the aggregation needs to get into chapel "to supplicate"; Israeli police square them

 Serry says he's terrified, urges regard for "religious opportunity," no "incitements"

 An Israeli authority tells a daily paper police were constraining the swarm, calling it a "non-occasion"

Jerusalem (CNN) - Israeli security strengths ended Palestinian Christians - joined by a U.n. agent - taking an interest a preeaster parade Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City, an activity the emissary pointedly condemned however that an Israeli authority released as a "non-occasion."

Robert Serry, the U.n. unique facilitator for the Middle East peace procedure, was around a substantial, firmly stuffed gathering attempting to walk together on what is Holy Saturday on the Christian logbook. A lady hollers out at one point, "They are keeping us from getting to our places of worship to beg."

Some time later, the individuals are halted by security powers. Blockades are situated up, just to be gotten and taken away. There's likewise some pushing and pushing before the scene in the end cools off.

The unique facilitator's office clarified that the assembly had proposed to move from the region's New Gate to the Holy Sepulcher "at the welcome of the Palestinian Christian group in Jerusalem." It said the gathering had been prior given "confirmations ... of unhindered access," just to have "the Israeli police deny ... to permit such passage guaranteeing they had requests to that impact."

Serry communicated "consternation" over the episode, including, "I approach all gatherings to appreciation the right of religious flexibility, giving access to sacred locales for admirers of all religions and shunning incitements, not slightest throughout the religious occasions."

Yet Israel's legislature saw the matter in an alternate light.

Outside Ministry representative Yigal Palmor - in a message retweeted by Israel Defense Forces agent Peter Lerner - said, "UN emissary #robertserry shows misguided thinking in creating an occurrence out of a non-occasion, misusing delicate issue of religious flexibility."

Palmor told the Jerusalem Post that police were acting to utmost the amount of those pressed into the congregation and the thin roads around it, releasing what happened as "a micro-occurrence."

This occurrence is not Serry's first run-in with powers: The U.n. emissary said he was debilitated by equipped men in Crimea, which split far from Ukraine and joined Russia.

Whatever its starting points or conclusions, Saturday's trial did not counteract different exercises in and around the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which is the place numerous Christians accept Jesus was covered and became alive once again.

On Saturday, the congregation at the end of the day was home to the Holy Fire function, including the sight of many individuals holding candles or little lights.