Israel Insists on Maintaining Route for Controversial Jerusalem ‘Flag March’

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May 27, 2022

Young Zionists gathering with Israeli flags in Jerusalem. (Photo: via Social Media)

Despite warnings of serious repercussions and violence, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett decided on Friday not to change the route of the controversial Israeli ‘flag march’, which will pass through occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reported.

A statement from Bennett’s office said the Israeli Prime Minister spoke over the phone with Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, Israeli police chief Kobi Shabtai, and other security officials, to finalise preparations for holding the march on Sunday as planned.

"Israeli nationalists participate in an annual so-called Flag March in occupied East Jerusalem – but what is it, and why is it controversial?"

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Bennett said that the march will end in the courtyard of Al-Buraq Wall, or Western Wall, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and will not…

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