Police block march of Jewish radicals from entering Old City’s Muslim Quarter as planned

A far-right march organized by Kahanists and Jewish ultranationalists is stopped in its tracks by a large police force, water cannon and mounted police.

The police had approved the march, which was supposed to have gone through the Muslim Quarter, and it is unclear why the march was stopped at the last moment.

Police confiscating inflammatory posters at far right march in Jerusalem, at least one demonstrator detained so far pic.twitter.com/lWx9AFknzb

— Jeremy Sharon (@jeremysharon) December 7, 2023

Marchers brought along inflammatory signs including one calling for a bulldozer to be brought to the Temple Mount, alluding to the protest’s declared goals of destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock shrine at the holy site.

Police confiscated many of the posters and arrested one demonstrator before blocking the route of the protest down the northern side of the Old City of Jerusalem and towards the Damascus Gate where the marchers had been slated to enter.

The police have stopped the far-right demonstration before it even got near Damascus Gate.
Unclear why since the march was given official approval by the police pic.twitter.com/FEDBX0DAfX

— Jeremy Sharon (@jeremysharon) December 7, 2023

Longtime ultranationalist political figure Baruch Marzel rejects claims that the march could have sparked inter-communal violence and unrest, saying the October 7 atrocities “took place during the quietest period in Israel,” regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in many years.

Marzel also criticizes the police for stopping the march, saying, “There’s democracy in Israel for the left, not the right.”

As seen at the far-right march right now.
The yellow banner calls for D9 bulldozer on the Temple Mount as “the true victory”, meaning the destruction of the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque. pic.twitter.com/RgJz4DGQgq

— Jeremy Sharon (@jeremysharon) December 7, 2023