Police said to threaten with fines Arab shop owners who don’t close for Jerusalem flag march

Arab shop owners in the Old City of Jerusalem have reportedly been threatened by police that if they do not close their shops ahead of the Jerusalem Day flag march they will be fined, according to a Walla news report..

A police spokesman has not responded to The Times of Israel’s request for comment.

The march, in which primarily religious teenagers march through the Old City decked out in white and blue, the colors of the Israeli flag, has raised tensions over its route through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter. In previous years, the march has sparked sporadic incidents of violence between Israeli revelers and local Palestinian residents.

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