An Israeli NGO petitions the High Court of Justice to change the route of the annual Jerusalem Day march, so that it does not pass through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City.
The initiative is spearheaded by Ir Amim, who says the upcoming national holiday has increasingly become a rally of racism, hatred and incitement to violence against Jerusalem’s Palestinian population.
Young Jewish Israelis march through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City on their way to the Western Wall to celebrate Jerusalem Day on June 05, 2016. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
As part of the event celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem following the Six Day War in 1967, thousands of Israelis attend the annual march of flags, which traditionally enters the Old City via the Muslim Quarter en route to the Western Wall.
Ir Amim says it is not seeking to cancel the parade scheduled for May 23, but rather to have it take place along a less provocative route.
The group filed similar petitions to the court in 2015 and 2016, which were rejected, though in one of the years participants were obligated to leave the Muslim Quarter by the beginning of the evening.
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