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Dance of the Flags

Protesters and Marchers Clash on Jerusalem Day (VIDEO)

By Jspace Staff on 5/21/2012 at 10:15 PM

Categories: Religion, Middle East, Politics

Between 30,000 and 50,000 people marched in the Jerusalem Day parade known as the Dance of the Flags on Sunday, clashing with protestors and police forces along the way. Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim, commemorates the 45th anniversary of the Six Day War, when IDF soldiers unified the city of Jerusalem by taking the Old City and Temple Mount from Jordan’s Arab Legion. At a state ceremony marking the holiday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised never to divide Israel’s capital …More