Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 18, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Ben Gvir arrives to take part in contentious Flag March: ‘Jerusalem is ours forever’
Young Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party arrives at the launch point of the Flag March on King George Street.
Ben Gvir is mobbed by young supporters on King George Street in the capital.
“There are tens of thousands of people here, thank God,” Ben Gvir says, “Jerusalem is ours forever.”
השר בן גביר הגיע לצעדת הדגלים בירושלים @VeredPelman pic.twitter.com/D1FJL53NFr
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 18, 2023
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