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Added on the 15/06/2021 17:02:41 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Thousands of flag-waving Israelis gather at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem during the 'flag march' to mark Israel's 1967 capture of east Jerusalem. IMAGES
Far-right Israelis march to Jerusalem's Damascus Gate for the March of the Flags, which celebrates the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern sector. Israel's new government faced an early test as Jewish ultranationalists prepared to march into annexed east Jerusalem, stoking tensions the UN has warned threaten a fragile Gaza ceasefire. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. IMAGES
Some 150 Israelis launch a 4-day protest march from Re'im near the border with Gaza to Jerusalem, calling on the government to reach a deal with Hamas to release the Israeli hostages still held captive in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Hundreds of Israelis wave national flags as they gather in Jerusalem in protest against judicial reform. Israel's parliament adopted in a first reading a controversial bill that would limit court powers, in a new offensive to push ahead with a judicial overhaul that has split the nation. IMAGES
Jewish nationalists gather to celebrate ahead of the "Jerusalem Day" march in Jerusalem. Israel deployed 3,000 police on the day that marks its 1967 capture of east Jerusalem, home of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound located on what Jews revere as the Temple Mount. IMAGES