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Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists march for Jerusalem Day

Tens of thousands of Israelis marched through the streets of Jerusalem Wednesday to mark Jerusalem Day. The march begins in west Jerusalem and travels through east Jerusalem and the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, ending at the Western Wall. The march marks the anniversary of the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israel annexed East Jerusalem, including the Western Wall.

The annual march, part of Jerusalem Day, a national holiday, regularly inflames Israeli-Palestinian tensions. This year those tensions were even higher because of the war in Gaza.

(Image credit: Maya Levin for NPR)

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