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Jerusalem on edge ahead of contentious Israeli flag march

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set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday Some 3,000 policemen are to be deployed ahead of the march, due to begin at 4pm .

set to march through the heart of the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday Some 3,000 policemen are to be deployed ahead of the march, due to begin at 4pm .

But for Palestinians, the march is a blatant provocation and a violation of one of the few places in the city, increasingly hemmed in by Israeli development and settlement, which retains a strong Arab flavour. But despite calls for a rethink of the march from some of his own coalition allies, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has so far refused to countenance any changes.

during the holy month of Ramadan, with Muslims angered by rising numbers of Jewish visitors to the mosque esplanade.

 

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