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.

|ByJACOB LAZNIK
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

This year, under the shadow of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, tensions are even higher.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The rocket was found during the Jerusalem Day Flag Parade and authorities are now examining whether there was an intention to fire it or not.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

While Lion tries his best to convey that the city belongs to everyone, including non-Jews who live here, the main struggles in recent days have centered around this issue.

|ByPEGGY CIDOR

Israel bracing for violence, rocket fire on Jerusalem Day

Hamas called on Palestinians to protect our Islamic and Christian holy sites and to raise the Palestinian flag everywhere to "emphasize the Arab identity of the land and Jerusalem."

MAY 28, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Israelis celebrate Jerusalem day at the Western Wall as blaze is seen in the background at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem Old City, May 10, 2021.

Do Palestinians prefer united Jerusalem under Israeli rule? - opinion

There is much debate over the existence and route of the Jerusalem Day flag march which is planned to go through Damascus Gate.

MAY 26, 2022ByMARK REGEV
MOTTA GUR (right), the paratroop commander during the 1967 war, and Yitzhak Rabin (second from right), who had been IDF chied of staff, visit the Lions Gate in 1992 to mark the war's 25th anniversary where Israeli troops had entered the Old City.

Jerusalem Day flag march should be done sensitively - editorial

Tensions surrounding Jerusalem have been high for a while, and Hamas has made threats to Israel if the march goes on as planned.

MAY 26, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A SCENE FROM the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March outside Damascus Gate in the Old City, last year.

My Word: The Jerusalem flag conundrum

Nothing demonstrates the problems and paradoxes of Jerusalem’s status and situation as this annual event, a celebration of the reunification of the capital during the Six Day War.

MAY 26, 2022ByLIAT COLLINS
ISRAELIS DANCE with flags outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Flag March last year.

Bennett approves flag march route, security forces on high alert

Bennett said the march would pass through Damascus Gate, and that officers were deployed to Jerusalem and Israel's mixed cities.

MAY 26, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police and rescue workers at the scene of a terror attack on Dizengoff Street, central Tel Aviv. At least six people were wounded in the shooting, three severely. April 07, 2022.

Court's decision to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount is dangerous - opinion

The so-called unification of Jerusalem is fiction. In reality, Jerusalem remains one of the most divided cities in the world.

MAY 25, 2022ByGERSHON BASKIN
A SCENE FROM the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March outside Damascus Gate in the Old City, last year.

'Attack' on Jerusalem would lead to 'unimaginable consequences' - Nasrallah

Clashes broke out between the IDF and rioters along the Lebanese border on Wednesday.

MAY 25, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a public appearance at a religious procession

Palestinian terrorist groups warn against upcoming Jerusalem Flag March

The right-wing march last week received police permission to pass through the Muslim quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

MAY 22, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem, as Jewish groups conducted a flag march through the Old City

Palestinians warn against Jerusalem Day Flag March through Damascus Gate

Last year, rockets were fired towards Jerusalem during the march, despite the route being changed to Jaffa Gate.

MAY 18, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Itamar Ben-Gvir waves a flag at the Jerusalem Flag March on June 15

As Temple Mount riots continue, Hamas warns against Jews entering site

Right-wing activists also attacked an Arab restaurant owner in the Old City on Wednesday evening.

APRIL 21, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, LAHAV HARKOV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE MUGHRABI Bridge that leads to the Temple Mount compound with the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock seen in the background in Jerusalem’s Old City.