Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on Wednesday in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans. The country’s national security minister boasted that Jews had prayed freely at a key holy site in the city in violation of decades-old understandings. The comments by Itamar Ben-Gvir and the march in Jerusalem, the emotional […]
Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem on Wednesday, provoking tense scenes and confrontations with police. The annual Flag March celebrates Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of 1967. Critics accuse organizers of deliberately antagonizing the divided city’s Palestinian community, with tensions especially high this year amid the conflict […]
Israeli participants in a nationalist march through a Palestinian area of Jerusalem chanted “Death to Arabs” on Wednesday, stoking already surging tensions as the war in Gaza rages. Thousands of Israelis, including many ultranationalists, were taking part in the “Jerusalem Day” march. The annual event marks Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem, including the Old City […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators said on Thursday they had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”. Russia has said from the outset that it is pursuing a Ukrainian link to the attack, even though […]