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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Thursday, May 18, 2023
Otzma Yehudit MK Kroizer: Flag March is about ‘applying sovereignty’ to entire city
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Otzma Yehudi MK Yitzhak Kroizer poses for a photo with his daughters at the Jerusalem Day Flag March just outside the Old City, May 18, 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
MK Yitzhak Kroizer of the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party says the Flag March is about “applying sovereignty to all parts of Jerusalem” and celebrating the reunification of the city.
“At the Flag March we demonstrate our happiness at the reunification of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people, celebrate with the masses of the Jewish people and declare ‘the Jewish people live,’” says the MK, who was accompanied by his two young daughters.
Kroizer says he does not condone the provocative and racist chants that have often been a feature at the event, but insists that such incidents are “not the essence” of the event.
