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Send Israeli police said have said that the annual Jerusalem Day parade will take place on Monday in East Jerusalem, where violent clashes have continued for the past few days.
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Jerusalem: Currently, the annual Jerusalem Day s flag-waving parade will be held as planned, the police said in a statement sent to Xinhua news agency on Sunday.
In Monday s parade, thousands of Israelis are expected to march through East Jerusalem s Old City, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed shortly afterwards.
There were calls to cancel or to change the route of the parade in the wake of escalating clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in the Old City during the past weeks.