Palestinians have long viewed the Jerusalem Day flag march as a provocation and clashes sometimes occur between marchers and Arab residents of the Old City.
Professor of Talmud from Bar-Ilan University Jeffrey Woolf says the march, which celebrates the Israeli capture of east Jerusalem following the 1967 war, is a millennia-long tradition utilized to express one’s love for Jerusalem
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