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Israeli security forces stand at the site where an Israeli was killed in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City

Shin Bet investigating after rocket discovered in east Jerusalem last month

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ACTS SUCH as spitting on Armenian priests in the Old City have become routine: A young clergyman takes part in Sunday mass.

Jerusalem for everyone? Tensions simmer in Israel's divided capital

AMID THE more than 10,000 protesters was a group of about 200 Israeli Jews surrounding a large sign that said: ‘First they took the Palestinian flag and I didn’t speak out.'

The Palestinian flag should not be a contentious symbol - opinion

By GERSHON BASKIN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends a coalition meeting last week. ‘I am simply calling on any ruling government to take extremism and violence seriously when they are present on our streets,’ says the writer.

Israel must not let racists corrupt Zionism - opinion

By EITAN CHARNOFF

Israelis gather by Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old city as they mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 18, 2023.

United Jerusalem: The dream and the reality

The Jerusalem Day flag march in front of the Damascus Gate, May 18, 2023

Flag march sees river of blue and white celebrations through Jerusalem

By MICHAEL STARR

YOUTHS CELEBRATE Jerusalem Day outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem last year.

Celebrate Jerusalem Day to promote peace, coexistence in Israel - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Itamar Ben-Gvir waves a flag at the Jerusalem Flag March on June 15

Jerusalem Day: Here's what to know ahead of the flag march

HEN-OPPOSITION MK Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrates at a Flag March at Damascus Gate, in Jerusalem’s Old City, June 2021.

No to the Flag March in the Muslim Quarter - opinion

By YUDITH OPPENHEIMER

Palestinians burn a representation of an Israeli flag during a protest over tensions in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Jerusalem Day, on May 29, 2022.

Israeli flag march in Jerusalem could lead to violence, Palestinians warn

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day flag march to go ahead as usual, Netanyahu promises

After years of shooting cabinet meetings, I found a new way to capture it. July 2022.

The Jerusalem Post's top 10 photos of 2022

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , MARC ISRAEL SELLEM

THE WRITER votes in the Knesset plenum against legislation aimed at extending the civilian status of Israelis living in the West Bank, in June.

Israeli-Arab partnership is doomed, Netanyahu always come first - opinion

By GHAIDA RINAWIE ZOABI

Palestinian Hamas terrorists attend an anti-Israel rally in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip May 27, 2021

Why didn’t Hamas fire rockets at the Jerusalem flag march? - intel report

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A man holds a Palestinian flag near young Jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Jerusalem Day terrorist attack thwarted, Israel Police reveals

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Letters

Letters to the Editor, June 1, 2022: The other 99.9%

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A MUSLIM WOMAN confronts Jewish youth during a Jerusalem Day celebration in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City on Sunday.

Jews are terrified to walk in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter - opinion

By SHMULEY BOTEACH

RABBI GERSHON EDELSTEIN will assume Rabbi Kanievsky’s spiritual role.

Israel's Jerusalem Day: Influential rabbi speaks out against flag march to MKs

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF