Live Update
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Thursday, May 18, 2023
Right-wing marchers disrupt journalists’ broadcasts at Jerusalem Old City Flag March

Young Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Some of the religious Jewish teenagers marching in the Flag March are disrupting news reports by journalists at the scene.
Many of them wave flags in front of the camera, cursing reporters, including those working for The Times of Israel.
Young Jewish man calling himself Yosef Abergil harassing and swearing at journalists at Damascus Gate tells me to go fuck my self. Charming young man… pic.twitter.com/DOzt2FcAyc
— Jeremy Sharon (@jeremysharon) May 18, 2023
A large group also attempt to disrupt a broadcast from Sky News Arabia outside the Damascus Gate.
שער שכם לקראת מצעד הדגלים – צעירים ישראלים מפריעים לשידור של Sky News Arabia pic.twitter.com/M9HRl2px2Y
— שחר גליק Shahar Glick (@glick_sh) May 18, 2023
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