Flag March

'Jerusalem is ours, Temple Mount is ours,' Ben-Gvir declares amid flag day march violence

In total, 18 suspects were arrested during the flag march for violent offenses, assaults, threats, and disorderly conducts.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir seen during Jerusalem Day celebrations outside the Jerusalem Great Synagogue, June 5, 2024
 Participants in the Jerusalem Day Flag Parade gather outside the Old City's Damascus Gate, May 18, 2023

Jerusalem Day flag parade to march through Muslim Quarter in shadow of war

Israeli security forces stand at the site where an Israeli was killed in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City

Shin Bet investigating after rocket discovered in east Jerusalem last month

 ACTS SUCH as spitting on Armenian priests in the Old City have become routine: A young clergyman takes part in Sunday mass.

Jerusalem for everyone? Tensions simmer in Israel's divided capital


Israeli-Arab partnership is doomed, Netanyahu always come first - opinion

I am leaving Meretz with the terrible realization that the only Jewish partner in the Israeli parliament has left the mutual cause of living together as equals.

 THE WRITER votes in the Knesset plenum against legislation aimed at extending the civilian status of Israelis living in the West Bank, in June.

Why didn’t Hamas fire rockets at the Jerusalem flag march? - intel report

The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center said there was a multi-pronged decision behind their move.

 Palestinian Hamas terrorists attend an anti-Israel rally in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip May 27, 2021

Jerusalem Day terrorist attack thwarted, Israel Police reveals

A 21-year-old attempted attacker, a resident of Nablus, had intended to carry out a terror attack on the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day. 

A man holds a Palestinian flag near young Jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Letters to the Editor, June 1, 2022: The other 99.9% 

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Jews are terrified to walk in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter - opinion

For Jews to walk to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, they have to fear for their lives.

 A MUSLIM WOMAN confronts Jewish youth during a Jerusalem Day celebration in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City on Sunday.

Israel's Jerusalem Day: Influential rabbi speaks out against flag march to MKs

The spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah Knesset faction questioned why the "needles and dangerous" flag march was allowed to be carried out.

 RABBI GERSHON EDELSTEIN will assume Rabbi Kanievsky’s spiritual role.

Israel's Jerusalem Day: Israelis march to 'show love of Israel, not hate for Arabs'

Israelis attending the Jerusalem Day flag march discuss what drives them to attend, racist chants heard and criticism over the "inciting and violence-inducing" parade.

 Thousands of Jews wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day by dancing at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022

Jerusalem Day: Israelis let their hair down about coexistence

“But, you know, coronavirus wasn’t the real virus here. You know what the real virus is? Arabs.”

 Men dance with Israeli flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City on the eve of Jerusalem Day, Saturday night.

Israel's Jerusalem Day: Police must have zero tolerance for flag march provocateurs - Bennett

The flag march, held in Israel's capital for over 30 years, is one of the central features of the Jerusalem Day celebration.

 People hold up Israeli flags at the annual Jerusalem Day flag march.

MK Ben-Gvir to be allowed on Temple Mount ahead of flag march

Despite concerns that Jews praying on Temple Mount will further provoke tensions, Israel Police are not expected to stop them from visiting the site. 

Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem, as Jewish groups conducted a flag march through the Old City