How did resistance threats cancel the “flag march” in occupied Jerusalem?
Following the insistence of the Zionist right-wingers to hold a flag march due to the threat of Palestinian resistance groups, the Zionist regime police announced the complete cancellation of the flag march.
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, after the warnings were given by the Palestinian leaders and even by the Israeli officials, the march that was supposed to be held by the Zionist settlers was canceled today, Monday.
Earlier, extremist Zionist groups carried out provocative actions in occupied Jerusalem and around Al-Aqsa Mosque, insisting on its establishment in the Bab al-Amoud area and the center of occupied Jerusalem on Thursday this week.
This was met with a response from all Palestinian groups and threats, as well as some high-ranking Israeli officials who objected and called for the march not to take place, saying it would lead to tensions in Jerusalem. These pressures caused the police and the organizers of the march to cancel it completely.
Hamas, Fatah, and Jihad: The march of the flags is aggressive
Hamas described its holding as stupid and warned of its commission. Khalil al-Hayat, a member of Hamas ‘political bureau, warned of the occupiers’ efforts to hold a march and tension in Sheikh Jarrah, saying it was time to end the occupation or the lightning would continue. We hope that this message will be clear so that Thursday will not be like May 11, the day of the start of Operation Sword of Quds.
The Islamic Jihad movement also described it as hostile. “Jewish extremists continue to be hostile, and we consider these invitations hostile,” said Dawood Shahab, the movement’s military spokesman.
He called on the Palestinians to be present in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and to be prepared to face it by the Jewish settlers, and it is the responsibility of every Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim to support Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Central Committee of the Fatah Movement also called for public mobilization and the formation of a united front in defense of Jerusalem and Islamic and Christian shrines, and to counter the march of extremist fascist Zionist supporters.
The committee called on the Palestinian people to stand united in the face of Israeli plans to Judaize Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
At the same time, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned of escalating tensions by the Zionists, calling it fuel for political conflict and declaring that Netanyahu was seeking to intensify attacks on Jerusalem to save himself.
Israeli officials canceled the rally
Following threats from the Palestinians, Israel feared a flag march, so that in a letter to Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi warned of an explosion in the Al-Aqsa Mosque due to the flag march and called for a meeting to review the sensitive situation in Jerusalem. He demanded the cancellation or re-location of the rally.
“Jerusalem is of great concern to the international community, the Arab world, and Islam, and I feel the pressure from the international community on the possibility of escalating tensions over the holy shrine,” he said in a letter.
The war minister in the occupiers’ cabinet, Bani Gantz, also warned against holding the rally and called for its cancellation, calling it disruptive of the regime’s daily life.
He urged settlers and their leaders to be responsible, as security assessments show that these security implications will follow.
Israeli media quoted the Israeli war minister as saying that the flag march would escalate tensions, call for special security efforts, and could damage the current diplomatic process.
“Israeli public opinion has acknowledged the reality of the Palestinian threat and that escalating tensions in Jerusalem and even Gaza are serious,” al-Mayadin wrote.
The Zionist media warned the public about the dangers of holding the rally, so much so that Yedioth Ahronoth, in an article entitled “They Are Going to Danger”, referred to the march as a member of the Knesset of “Samtskhe-Javakheti” and “Itamar Ben Gefir”. Considered one of the factors that provoked the holding of this march.
Opposing the decision, Itamar’s Ben-Gaufir said he would use his parliamentary immunity to march if he was not allowed to do so.
The Zionist newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth wrote: “There is a political question mark about the time of this march and its purpose.”
