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Jun. 7, 2021 6:01 AM
No decision has yet been made on whether the new government will be sworn in this week or next, but it's threatened by developments on the security front.
The police, despite the warnings of other security agencies, haven’t yet announced the route of Thursday’s right-wing Flag March through Jerusalem. And the Knesset Guard, in consultation with the Shin Bet security service, is beefing up its protection of Yamina party lawmakers, who are receiving death threats.
The organizers of this week’s Flag March, members of the Religious Zionism party, say it’s a routine political act that is protected by the right to freedom of expression. But their insistence on marching through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter reveals their true intention. They are trying to throw a lit match into the gasoline fumes accumulating over Jerusalem.