Far-Right Marchers Attack Palestinians as Israel Marks Taking of Jerusalem

26/05/2025

Crowds of far-right Israelis chanted insults and assaulted Palestinians during an annual parade for Jerusalem Day. 

Chants of "death to Arabs" and nationalistic slogans were repeated during the event, which commemorates Israeli forces taking Palestinian-majority East Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. 

Violence broke out as ultranationalist Jews streamed into Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's walled Old City. 

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said the event had become a festival of "hatred and racism", adding it was "a disgrace and an insult to Judaism". 

Thousands of nationalist Israelis descended to Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances. Right-wing activists held banners that read "67 - Jerusalem in our hands; 2025 - Gaza in our hands". Chants of "May your village burn" and "Your home will be ours" were heard throughout the march. 

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