Tusentals poliser bevakar flaggparad i Jerusalem
Över 2 000 poliser har kallats in för att bevaka en kontroversiell flaggparad i Jerusalem på torsdagen, skriver AP. Tiotusentals israeliska nationalister väntas tåga genom staden för att fira segern i kriget 1967 och ockupationen av östra Jerusalem.
De senaste två årens parader har det rapporterats om rasistiska slagord bland demonstranterna och efterföljande våldsamheter från palestinier.
En av Hamas ledare i Gaza har uppmanat boende i Jerusalem att ”konfrontera” demonstranterna.
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Annekteringen av östra Jerusalem
Wikipedia (en)
The Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem, known to Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem, refers to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, and its annexation.
Jerusalem was envisaged as a separate, international city under the 1947 United Nations partition plan. It was, however, divided by the 1948 war that followed Israel's declaration of independence. As a result of the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the city's western half came under Israeli control, while its eastern half, containing the famed Old City, fell under Jordanian control. In 1950, Jordan annexed East Jerusalem as part of its larger annexation of the West Bank.
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War; since then, the entire city has been under Israeli control. In Israel, the reunification of Jerusalem is celebrated is commemorated as Jerusalem Day, an annual holiday. In July 1980, the Knesset passed the Jerusalem Law as part of the country's Basic Law, which declared unified Jerusalem the capital of Israel, formalizing its effective annexation. The United Nations Security Council ruled the law "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478.
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