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Virginia Pietromarchi, Farah Najjar

Israel-Palestine news: Chaos as Israelis rally in East Jerusalem

Illegal Jewish settlers attack Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem's old city as Israelis hold the so-called flag march [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]
  • Thousands of far-right Israelis have stormed Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the so-called flag march in the old city.
  • The march is held to mark what Israelis call the day of unifying Jerusalem, in reference to Israel’s occupation of the city in 1967 and subsequent annexation which is not internationally recognised.
  • Israeli ultra-nationalist groups have chanted racist slogans such as “Death to Arabs”, as they marched through the streets of the old city.
  • Israeli forces have dispersed Palestinian protesters after a splinter group of Jewish nationalists started waving flagd inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.
  • Some Jewish worshippers also prayed at the mosque compound violating a longstanding agreement in place since 1967.
  • Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in the occupied West Bank amid confrontations between Palestinians and armed Israeli soldiers, medics say.

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