Jerusalem – Ma’an – The “annual flag dance” march began this afternoon in the streets of West and East Jerusalem, amid attacks on Palestinians.
Thousands of settlers, in large groups and successively, stormed the Old City, coming from the west of the city.
The Chairman of the Constitution, Judiciary and Law Committee in the Knesset, Simha Rotman, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu participated in the march.
[6/5, 7:34 PM] Jerusalem correspondent Maysa: They participate in the media march and arrive at the Damascus Gate area.
Damascus Gate and its courtyard constitute a main point for settlers to sit, pray, dance, and raise Israeli flags, in addition to directing insults at the Prophet Muhammad, Arabs, and Muslims.
The settlers attacked the press crews with insults and obscene gestures.
The settlers’ incursions into Jerusalem continue until the evening hours, and the matter ends with a large pray
er in the square of the Buraq Wall, “the western wall of Al-Aqsa.”
Settlers attacked merchants in Bab al-Amoud, Khan al-Zayt, and al-Wad, forced them to close their shops, and also sprayed pepper gas.
The settlers chanted slogans calling for burning Arab villages and killing Palestinians.
In the middle of the Bab al-Amoud area, as the settlers stormed the place, the Jerusalemite activist, Muhammad Abu al-Homs, stood chanting, ‘Jerusalem is free, Arab,’ amid settlers’ attacks and insults, while the forces arrested him.
As for the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, 1,601 extremists stormed Al-Aqsa during the morning and afternoon raids, including the Minister of Negev Development, a member of the Knesset, and dozens of rabbis.
During the incursions, the settlers raised Israeli flags and performed public collective prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque, guarded by the occupation forces.
For its part, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Jerusalem explained that approximately 15 arrests were recorded in Jerusalem since the mornin
g hours.
Source: Maan News Agency