Israeli police have cancelled the annual Jerusalem Day March through occupied East Jerusalem today, amid rising tensions and increasing violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
The controversial event marks Israel’s recapturing of East Jerusalem from Jordan in the nineteen sixty-seven Six Day War and usually sees ultraconservative Israeli youth marching through Palestinian districts of the city.
There were concerns the march would further provoke violence in East Jerusalem after days of clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians, including a confrontation at al-Aqsa Mosque which saw over three hundred Palestinians wounded.