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

Jerusalem braces for clashes as flag march nears

Route of the procession will not go through Damascus Gate and Muslim Quarter as in previous years, but through the Jaffa Gate skirting the Muslim quarter and into the Western Wall plaza.

JUNE 15, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON, LAHAV HARKOV, ZACHARY KEYSER
Israelis take cover as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, during Jerusalem day, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021.

IDF ups alert among Iron Dome batteries ahead of Jerusalem flag march

Israel is bracing for potential violence in the West Bank as Palestinian groups warn against the march set to take place Tuesday.

JUNE 14, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A BOY wrapped with Israel’s national flag is seen during a parade marking Jerusalem Day last month outside the Old City Walls. Israel, the author argues, needs to assert more sovereignty

Hamas calls for 'Day of Rage' to confront Jerusalem flag march

Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups have warned against holding the flag march, threatening to reignite the conflict against Israel.

JUNE 14, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
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.