‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s capture
State-sponsored march through Muslim quarter of Old City saw protesters waving flags and chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ on anniversary of city’s annexation Israeli nationalist demonstrators chanted “Death to the Arabs”, “May your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the city’s capture and annexation. The annual assertion of Jewish control over Palestinian east Jerusalem has grown more extreme in recent years, and Thursday’s e
Far-right Jewish marchers call for Palestinian villages to ‘burn’ as they storm through Muslim quarter of Old City
Israeli nationalists chanted “death to the Arabs”, “may your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of the city’s capture and annexation.
The annual assertion of Jewish control over Palestinian East Jerusalem has grown more extreme in recent years, and Thursday’s event culminated with the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, unfurling an Israeli flag in front of the al-Aqsa mosque, the holiest Islamic site in the city.
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- ‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s captureGuardian - World · Julian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem · May 14, 2026, 6:51 PM
- Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ in violent Jerusalem Day marchGuardian - World · Julian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem · May 14, 2026, 9:24 PM
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