Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai ordered Wednesday the readiness alert level to be ratcheted up in Jerusalem and so-called mixed Jewish and Arab cities throughout the country ahead of a nationalist march planned for Sunday in the Old City, the forces said in a statement.
Officials fear a repeat of violence surrounding the yearly Jerusalem Day Flag March, which generally attracts thousands of hardline nationalists who march through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter to reach the Western Wall to mark the anniversary of the city’s unification in 1967. This year’s Flag March will take place on Sunday. Police have already capped participation in the part of the march that goes through the Old City at 16,000 as a precaution against crushing.
Officials fear a repeat of violence surrounding the yearly Jerusalem Day Flag March, which generally attracts thousands of hardline nationalists who march through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter to reach the Western Wall to mark the anniversary of the city’s unification in 1967. This year’s Flag March will take place on Sunday. Police have already capped participation in the part of the march that goes through the Old City at 16,000 as a precaution against crushing.
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