REPORTAGE – On the occasion of Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the conquest of the Old City in 1967, the Israeli far-right religious extremists paraded through streets emptied of their Palestinian inhabitants.
Since dawn, the Old City of Jerusalem has been barricaded: its streets, usually bustling with shops and pedestrians, are deserted. Not a sound disturbs the eerie silence of a city that seems to be hiding. Only heavily armed police officers patrol. “We are waiting for the crazies,” whispers a merchant closing his iron shutter. A few hours later, the first groups of young Israelis, displaying nationalist attire, begin to take to the streets. The first clashes erupt. In a street in the Christian quarter, about ten young people attack a merchant who is closing his shop. Chairs fly. The merchant tries to chase them away. It will take the intervention of peaceful Israeli volunteers to remove the young troublemakers.
Every year, Jerusalem Day is an opportunity for racist riots and Jewish supremacist slogans from a nationalistic youth with unresolved complexes. Once again on Thursday, tens of thousands…
[Context: The article reports on the events taking place in Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day, a day that commemorates the conquest of the Old City in 1967.] [Fact Check: The article does not specify which year these events occurred.]
