Israeli nationalists march through East Jerusalem, attack reporters

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Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem on Wednesday, provoking tense scenes and confrontations with police. The annual Flag March celebrates Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of 1967. Critics accuse organizers of deliberately antagonizing the divided city’s Palestinian community, with tensions especially high this year amid the conflict with Gaza. Large contingents of police separated demonstrators and Palestinians in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, Israeli media reported, with some participants bei…

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  1. clayton miller

    Amazingly, DPA does not know that there has not been an “East Jerusalem” since 1967.

    Jerusalem, like Berlin, is a single, undivided city.

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