Israel's new Bennett government approves contentious parade by ultra-nationalists through Palestinian areas in occupied Jerusalem, provoking a Hamas call on Palestinians to resist the march
Israeli ultra-nationalists wave national flags during so-called"Jerusalem Day" parade, in occupied Jerusalem on May 10, 2021.
Omer Bar-Lev, the new Cabinet minister who oversees police, said on Monday that he met with police, military and top security officials to review the plan. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media, said about 2,000 police would be deployed.
At the time, tensions already were high following weeks of violence of Israeli police on Palestinian demonstrators around the Al Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites, as well as attempts by illegal Jewish settlers to expel dozens of Palestinians from their homes in a nearby Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
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