Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis take part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis were taking part in an annual march through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday, with some stoking already surging wartime tensions by chanting “Death to Arabs.' Jerusalem, the emotional heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been mostly calm throughout the Israel-Hamas war.
The annual march commemorates “Jerusalem Day,” which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims, in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its capital, but its annexation of East Jerusalem is not internationally recognized. The Palestinians, who seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, see the march as a provocation.
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