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Wed May 17, 2023, 03:40 AM

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Netanyahu vows contentious Jerusalem Flag March will again go through Muslim Quarter

2,000 police officers to secure Thursday’s event, which annually stirs Jewish-Arab tension; several ministers – including far-right Itamar Ben Gvir – expected to attend

By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN
15 May 2023

Ref : https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-vows-contentious-jerusalem-flag-march-will-again-go-through-muslim-quarter/

The annual Flag March has long become associated with religious Zionism, a movement that sees it a religious imperative to hold the land of Israel under Jewish sovereignty. The march is leveraged by extremist nationalists to antagonize Arab residents, and Arab East Jerusalemites interpret the parade as a provocation.

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