Far-right marchers attack Palestinians as Israel marks taking of Jerusalem

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Israeli opposition leaders condemned attacks on Palestinians as "racist" and a disgrace to Judaism.
Crowds of far-right Israelis chanted insults and assaulted Palestinians during an annual parade for Jerusalem Day on Monday.
Chants of "death to Arabs" and nationalistic slogans were repeated during the event, which commemorates Israeli forces taking Palestinian-majority East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Violence broke out as ultranationalist Jews streamed into Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's walled Old City.

Far-right marchers attack Palestinians as Israel marks taking of Jerusalem
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Wyre Davies
Middle East Correspondent•@WyreDavies
Reporting fromDamascus Gate, Jerusalem
Ruth Comerford
BBC News

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Getty Images Israeli police remove a right-wing activist in Jerusalem's Old City from a crowd during the Jerusalem Day march, Getty Images
Israeli police remove a right-wing activist in Jerusalem's Old City
Crowds of far-right Israelis chanted insults and assaulted Palestinians during an annual parade for Jerusalem Day on Monday.

Chants of "death to Arabs" and nationalistic slogans were repeated during the event, which commemorates Israeli forces taking Palestinian-majority East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Violence broke out as ultranationalist Jews streamed into Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's walled Old City.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said the event had become a festival of "hatred and racism", adding it was "a disgrace and an insult to Judaism".

AFP via Getty Images Right-wing activists hold a black, white and red banner saying "67 – Jerusalem in our hands; 2025 – Gaza in our hands."AFP via Getty Images
Right-wing activists hold a banner saying "67 – Jerusalem in our hands; 2025 – Gaza in our hands"
Israeli police were deployed as violence broke out in the walled Old City of Occupied East Jerusalem shortly after midday.

Thousands of nationalist Israelis descended to Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances. Right-wing activists held banners that read "67 – Jerusalem in our hands; 2025 – Gaza in our hands".

Arab traders in the Muslim Quarter who had yet to close their shops were harassed by young Israeli men, witnesses said.
Chants of "May your village burn" and "Your home will be ours" were heard throughout the march.
Aggressive marchers were detained and removed from the Old City by Israeli police.
National security minister Itamar Ben Gvir, of the Jewish Power party, called for the death penalty for "terrorists" in an address to the crowds.
The parade marks Israel's capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war and the "unification" of a city that the Israeli government says is their eternal capital.

Palestinians also want Jerusalem as their future capital and much of the international community regards East Jerusalem as Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.

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