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Far-right ministers join 'Flag Day' march

Far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government visited the annual “Flag Day" march outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday.

National Security Itmar Ben Gvir and Finance visitor Bezalel Smotrich visited the protestors.

The far-right march, which passes through Muslim-majority neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City, commemorates the occupation of the city by Israel in 1967.

Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/MEE)
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/MEE)

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itmar Ben Gvir (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/MEE)
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itmar Ben Gvir (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/MEE)