Police say they blocked far-right march after participants violated terms with inflammatory signs, chants

By Jeremy Sharon

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7 December 2023, 8:58 pm

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Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter

Participants hold up signs at a far-right march in Jerusalem December 7, 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

The police say the ultranationalist march which had been approved to go through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was stopped because the protestors violated the terms of the agreement with the police not to have inflammatory signs and chants.

On display at the beginning of the march were signs saying, “We demand vengeance,” “A bullet in the head of every terrorist,” “Coexistence with the enemy is impossible” and “A D9 [bulldozer] on the Temple Mount is the true victory,” implying that the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock shrine should be demolished.