Security is high in Jerusalem Wednesday as Jewish residents celebrate Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of Israel's seizing control of East Jerusalem in 1967.

Israel's police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says 3,000 officers have been deployed throughout the city to ensure that the situation remains peaceful as thousands of people march through the streets of the city.

The marchers are expected to pass through Palestinian neighborhoods on their annual trek through the city.

Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, but Israel wants to keep control of the entire city. In a speech late Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the Jewish people will preserve the unity of the city.