Overview

• Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through the Old City chanting “Death to Arabs” and confronting Palestinian shop owners and left-wing activists.
• A group of participants breached the fenced UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem and urged its occupation.
• National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, prompting condemnations from Palestinian authorities and Jordan.
• Israeli police, stationed nearby, largely refrained from intervening and reported only a handful of arrests.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed that Jerusalem will remain “unified, complete and under Israeli control.”