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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Flag March

Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, June 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 6, 2024, 3:13 pm
Daily Briefing June 6: Day 244 – On Jerusalem Day, a celebratory march turns violent
Editor David Horovitz on reports Hamas is rejecting the new hostage release deal, statements from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and a dismaying New York Times report
By ToI Staff
Police restrain a far-right activist from attacking a Times of Israel reporter in the Arab Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem during clashes ahead of the annual Jerusalem Day Flag Parade, June 5, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
June 6, 2024, 12:28 am
Far-right violence, chants of ‘Death to Arabs,’ at Jerusalem Day Flag March in Old City
Extremist Jewish youths also chant ‘May your village burn’ on route through Muslim Quarter, while some assault journalists and Palestinian locals; 18 arrested
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers and Agencies
Jews taking part in the Flag March pass through the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City on May 29, 2022, as Israel marks Jerusalem Day. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
June 5, 2024, 8:20 am
Jerusalem braces for nationalist Flag March amid tensions over Gaza war
Organizers expect tens of thousands to attend contentious parade through flashpoint areas of the Old City, as Ben Gvir calls on revelers to visit Temple Mount
By Charlie Summers
Israelis wave flags during the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March, May 18, 2023. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
June 3, 2024, 7:50 pm
Contentious Jerusalem Day ‘Flag March’ to maintain route through Muslim Quarter
Despite tensions from war in Gaza, marchers to stick to traditional path; police say 3,000 cops will be deployed to maintain order at Wednesday event, which has history of violence
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, left, visits the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 21, 2023. (Courtesy: Minhelet Har Habayit)
May 21, 2023, 1:17 pm
Daily Briefing May 21: Minister Ben Gvir visits Temple Mt., with an eye on the budget
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn ties far-right head’s visit to budget demands, shares Flag March experiences; news editor Amy Spiro on Noa Kirel flub, ‘Ghosts of Beirut’
By ToI Staff
Police officers detain an Israeli youth after his group was chanting slogans at the entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound during the annual Flag March in Jerusalem's Old City, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 19, 2023, 2:44 pm
Jewish, Palestinian worshipers clash in Jerusalem a day after city’s Flag March
Rioters throw stones, injuring two 20-year-olds and a policeman, as law enforcers try to disperse crowd; 8 arrested in overnight disturbances across the capital
By Michael Horovitz
Dr. Sara Hirschhorn at Jerusalem's Nomi Studios, May 16, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2023, 9:34 am
What Matters Now to historian Sara Hirschhorn: Extremism is now mainstream
For an American scholar of Israel’s ultranationalistic movements, a research trip that coincides with the Jerusalem flashpoint Flag March couldn’t have been better timed
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israeli police push away Palestinians from a street in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, shortly before a march through the area by Jewish nationalists, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP /Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 19, 2023, 1:30 am
Israel draws fire from allies over Flag March, lawmakers’ visits to Temple Mount
UAE, Bahrain, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt condemn ‘storming’ of holy site and Jewish prayers held in violation of status quo; US blasts racist chants at nationalist rally
By Jacob Magid
Young Jewish men hold Israeli flags and flags of the racist, far-right Lehava organization at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 18, 2023, 11:58 pm
Triumphalism and ethno-nationalism take center stage at Jerusalem Day events
Heartfelt joy for the return of the Jewish people to their ancient capital is being overshadowed by an antagonistic, nationalistic animosity toward Jerusalem’s Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli participants in the annual Flag March beat Palestinian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem on May 18, 2023. (Ir Amim)
May 18, 2023, 8:06 pm
At Jerusalem Flag March, chants of ‘Death to Arabs’ and assaults on Palestinians
Still, contentious event ends without major incident as thousands of religious nationalists participate; some attack Palestinians and reporters, sing ‘May your village burn’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
A Tag Meir coexistence activist gives a Muslim woman a flower during the organization's ninth annual Flower March through the Old City of Jerusalem designed to spread a message of "love, inclusion and solidarity" ahead of the nationalist Jerusalem Day Flag March, May 18, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Tag Meir)
May 18, 2023, 3:07 pm
‘Flower March’ spreads ‘love, inclusion’ to counter contentious Jerusalem Flag March
Tag Meir group hands out flowers in Old City, urges nationalist march be kept out of Muslim Quarter; right-wing organizer insists route not problematic, condemns racist chants
By Jeremy Sharon
A group of paratroopers marvels at the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, during the Six Day War. (Micha Bar-Am/ Defense Ministry's IDF Archive)
May 18, 2023, 2:39 pm
Jerusalem Day needs to get back to its human story
Jerusalem Day was once the Jews’ remembrance of visceral relief, safety and restoration. It has since become something narrower and more partisan
By Haviv Rettig Gur
FILE: With the Dome of the Rock on the right, an Israeli man covered in a flag watches Israelis wave the national flag as they march in the Jerusalem Day parade in Jerusalem Old City, June 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 18, 2023, 1:06 pm
Daily Briefing May 18: The Jerusalem Day Flag March — celebration or provocation?
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on today’s parade through the Muslim Quarter and the ultra-Orthodox budget; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on cancer and Alzheimer’s innovations
By ToI Staff
Jewish men pray as they exit the Temple Mount site on May 18, 2023 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 18, 2023, 12:43 pm
Cabinet minister and MKs visit flashpoint Temple Mount ahead of controversial march
Otzma Yehudit minister, lawmakers from PM’s Likud among hundreds of visitors to compound; Likud’s Bitan says Netanyahu could’ve told them not to go: ‘People have become extremists’
By ToI Staff
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)
May 18, 2023, 8:44 am
Tensions ahead of contentious Flag March through Jerusalem Old City’s Muslim Quarter
3,000 police deployed; Ben Gvir said excluded from security preparations; police chief warns against terror incitement; rocket fire not expected, but concerns situation may spiral
By ToI Staff
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