Jerusalem Day revelers chant en masse for Israel to reoccupy the Gaza Strip

By Charlie Summers

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5 June 2024, 6:06 pm

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Flag March co-founder Meir Indor goes up onstage to address crowd at a Jerusalem Day rally before the flag march sets out to the Old City on June 5, 2024. (Charlie Summers / The Times of Israel

Israelis gathered outside the Heichal Shlomo building in Jerusalem for the annual Flag March are chanting en masse for Israel to reoccupy and settle the Gaza Strip.

“We are returning to Gush Katif!” shouts a singer from the stage to cheering and dancing from the crowd, who repeat after him.

One of the founding organizers of the Flag March, Meir Indor, goes up to speak, telling the crowd that “in order to attain security, the Jewish people must control the land.”

He notes that bereaved families and some families of Hamas-held hostages are present at the march, and have requested that the march’s name be changed from “Flag Dance” to “Flag March.”