Israelis mark capture of East Jerusalem with Old City parade, racist chants
Police deployed thousands as Palestinian shopkeepers shut their doors and activists tried to shield residents from harassment.
- National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unfurled an Israeli flag at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Jerusalem Day celebrations, claiming that "59 years after the liberation of Jerusalem," Israeli governance was restored there.
- The event commemorated Jerusalem Day, marking Israel's 1967 capture of East Jerusalem; the annual march, which has grown increasingly extreme in recent years, involved thousands bused in by government-funded operations.
- During the state-backed procession, participants chanted slogans such as "death to the Arabs" and "may your villages burn," while scuffling with Palestinian residents in the Old City.
- Standing Together organizer Suf Patishi said a record 400 volunteers in hi-vis vests deployed to "cover each and every corner of the city" to prevent attacks against Palestinians.
- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich used the address to call for annexing the entire West Bank, further eroding the 59-year status quo that forbids non-Muslim prayer in the sacred area.
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REPORT - On the occasion of Jerusalem Day, commemorating the conquest of the Old City in 1967, the extreme Israeli religious right marched in empty streets of their Palestinian inhabitants.
Event, which has become increasingly radical in recent years, marks the anniversary of the capture and annexation of the city by the Israelis
Israeli politicians join mob in usual Zionist vitriol on Jerusalem Day
On May 14th, Jerusalem Day, which marks the reunification of the city under Israeli rule in the 1967 Six-Day War, local Israeli media reported, like the Times of Israel and +972 Magazine, chanted slogans of “death to Arabs” and “may your villages burn” during the nationalist Flag March. Thousands marched through Jerusalem today for the annual Flag Day, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir among them. The march was marked by participa…
Jerusalem. Large crowds of ultra-nationalist Jews marched yesterday through the streets of the Old City of East Jerusalem, occupied territory, chanting: “death to the Arabs” and “burning their villages.”
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