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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Faiz Abu Rmeleh

Israel police stop settlers march in Jerusalem after ‘racist chants’

Israeli police confiscate racist banners from demonstrators in West Jerusalem ahead of a planned march by settlers through the Old City of Jerusalem [Faiz ABu Rmeleh/Al Jazeera]

Jerusalem — About 200 Israeli settlers gathered in the centre of West Jerusalem on Thursday night, making provocative speeches as part of a march before Israeli police forcefully dispersed them.

The march was expected to head towards the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and enter through Damascus Gate. But police said the marchers violated conditions that had been set for them by authorities, forcing them to crack down and cancel the permission that had been given for the march.

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