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Ben-Gvir Flags Temple Mount, Interfaith March Sparks Clashes

5/19/2026

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**Ben-Gvir Flags Temple**

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unfurled an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount, directly challenging the 59-year status-quo.
Interfaith religious groups organized their fourth annual Jerusalem Day march through the Old City, marking the 1967 capture anniversary.
Standing Together deployed a record 400 hi-vis volunteers to shield Palestinians from attacks.
Palestinian shops shut and residents stayed home while marchers shouted hostile slogans and clashed.

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**Interfaith Groups March**

Rabbi Avi Berman likened Jerusalem Day’s quiet pride to unseen wedding-day joy, urging Jews to recall the 1967 paratroopers’ emotions.
Interfaith religious groups organized Jerusalem’s annual March of Flags for Yom Yerushalayim, drawing hundreds of thousands of participants.
A prayer was held on Armon Hanatziv, coordinated by Orthodox Union (OU) and Jerusalem municipality.
Organizers said many diaspora Jews feel disconnected, yet public celebration reinforces gratitude and city unity.

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**Interfaith Leaders March**

Religious leaders of Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Druze marched together through Jerusalem’s Old City to promote human rights.
Hundreds marched from the Jerusalem YMCA to Jaffa Gate on May 18, 2026.
Interfaith groups organized the fourth annual march, continuing a tradition begun three years earlier.
Avi Dabush said march counters harassment while Sheikh Younes Amasha urged awareness of Syrian Druze.

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**Ben-Gvir Flags Temple**

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unfurled an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount, directly challenging the 59-year status-quo.
Interfaith religious groups organized their fourth annual Jerusalem Day march through the Old City, marking the 1967 capture anniversary.
Standing Together deployed a record 400 hi-vis volunteers to shield Palestinians from attacks.
Palestinian shops shut and residents stayed home while marchers shouted hostile slogans and clashed.

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