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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Jerusalem Day

Jewish men celebrate Jerusalem Day and clash with police at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 6:47 pm
Two teens charged with racist assault of Palestinian man during Jerusalem Day march
16-year-old defendants allegedly beat Old City resident while calling him a ‘dirty Arab’, tried to set fire to the entrance of his house
By Charlie Summers
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir gestures to a supporter as he walks escorted by Israeli police through the Old City of Jerusalem on May 26, 2025, during a flag march for Jerusalem Day. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
May 27, 2025, 2:14 am
Marchers chant ‘Death to Arabs,’ skirmish with shopkeepers and cops at Jerusalem Day parade
Ben Gvir slams Gaza humanitarian aid while kicking off nationalist march into Old City: ‘Our enemies deserve only a bullet to the head’; activists erect giant sign urging mass expulsion of Palestinians
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 8:14 pm
Ben Gvir says Jewish prayer, including full prostration, permitted at Temple Mount
Far-right minister rejects longtime status quo at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site; Prime Minister’s Office: ‘Israel’s policy concerning the Temple Mount has not changed’
By Sam Sokol
Right-wing Israelis march through the Damascus Gate into the Arab Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem during the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March, June 5, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
May 25, 2025, 6:32 pm
Capital braces for skirmishes ahead of Jerusalem Day nationalist Flag March
National religious youth set to throng the Old City’s Muslim Quarter in annual parade to the Western Wall
By Charlie Summers
Prof. Jodi Magness in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on April 11, 2022. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
June 7, 2024, 9:13 am
What Matters Now to archaeologist Jodi Magness: Ever-changing, eternal Jerusalem
To mark Jerusalem Day, we speak with the ‘Jerusalem Through the Ages’ author and learn about the archaeological record of the peoples who have resided in the Holy City
By ToI Staff
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
Religious leaders head an interfaith march in support of peace and human rights down Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 3, 2024. (Jacob Lazarus/Rabbis for Human Rights)
June 4, 2024, 8:13 am
Interfaith ‘march for peace’ held in capital, in counter to Jerusalem Day Flag March
Decrying use of religious rhetoric to promote war, liberal Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze religious leaders say event sends message of ‘peace, justice and equality’
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
Former MK Shai Hermesh at a committee meeting in Knesset on November 14, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 1, 2024, 7:25 pm
After criticism, PM’s aide says bereaved father will read prayer at state ceremony
Cabinet secretary denies reports that Netanyahu barred Shai Hermesh, whose son was murdered on Oct. 7, from taking part in Jerusalem Day event over anti-government column he wrote
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
President Isaac Herzog speaks at a state ceremony marking Jerusalem Day at Ammunition Hill in the capital, May 18, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 19, 2023, 4:54 am
Herzog at Jerusalem Day event warns ‘senseless hatred’ leads to destruction
President calls to ‘put the internal debate aside’ to achieve societal peace, as judicial overhaul talks remain stalled and nationalists hold contentious parade through capital
By ToI Staff
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
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