Jerusalem Day 2024 : Jewish supremacist March

Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) is celebrated on 28 Iyar, marking the reunification of East and West Jerusalem following the Six-Day War of 1967. In 2024, it fell on June 5, and featured the traditional “Dance of Flags” parade from Safra Square to the Old City and Western Wall

Flag-waving Israelis held the annual march into East Jerusalem. Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through West and East Jerusalem—including the Muslim Quarter—waving flags and chanting. The event included anti-Arab slurs, harassment of Palestinian shopkeepers, and clashes with journalists. Footage showed attendees chanting racist slogans and attacking Palestinian journalists in East Jerusalem during the march

Israeli Police made multiple arrests amid clashes in the Old City.

Ultranationalist marchers chanted “Death to Arabs” near Damascus Gate, prompting shop closures and heightened tensions. Israeli police intervened to separate marchers and Palestinians

A critical analysis describing how extremist chants and attacks on media during the Flag March have become increasingly mainstream. Demonstrators frequently chanted slogans such as “Death to Arabs,” which intensified tensions.

Palestinian shopkeepers closed early; journalists and locals were attacked or harassed.