Palestinians, Jewish Israelis, and Israeli police clashed at several locations across Jerusalem on Sunday night, capping off a long, tense day in the city that hosted the contentious Flag March of tens of thousands of nationalist Jews through the Old City.
At least five Israeli Police officers, as well as several Jews and Palestinians, were injured in the violence. Palestinians hurled stones at a Jewish Israeli near the Dung Gate to the Old City, according to Israeli police. The victim was hospitalized in good condition.
Earlier, over 70,000 Jewish Israelis marched through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter to celebrate Israel’s 1967 capture of the city’s eastern half. The march took place in the shadow of threats by Palestinian terror groups to violently respond, as well as racist chants by participants.
Both Palestinians and Jews in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood engaged in violent clashes that involved stone-throwing later in the evening. Police sought to forcibly disperse the rioters, with some officers chasing them down on horseback.
Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood to the north of the Old City, has become a flashpoint in the struggle for Jerusalem between Jews and Palestinians. Jewish Israelis have slowly moved into the area through complex eviction cases, sparking tensions with Palestinian residents.
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