Why did the controversial flag march not become a new conflict?

This year, for the first time, the Palestinian resistance forced the settlers to cancel the flag march in occupied Jerusalem, but the Zionist settlers decided to hold the march on Tuesday, albeit in a limited and symbolic way. The rally comes two days after the formation of a fragile Zionist coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years in power.

The Zionist regime took special measures to hold the rally on Tuesday morning and deployed security forces in sensitive areas of occupied Jerusalem and cities in the West Bank for fear of Palestinian operations.

Occupied Palestinians also entered old neighborhoods, including Bab al-Amoud, at the urging of Palestinian groups to support the Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem in order to prevent residents from invading the Al-Aqsa Mosque. And arrested a number of them.

In some areas, Israeli military action led to heavy Palestinian clashes with the Israeli occupiers, with 33 Palestinians wounded during Tuesday’s clashes in occupied Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Every year, thousands of Zionists take part in the flag march, which begins in western Jerusalem and passes through the neighborhoods of the old part of Jerusalem.

During the march, extremists chanted slogans against Muslims, Arabs, saints, and even the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) and carried out provocative actions in the Islamic neighborhoods of Jerusalem.

During the attack on Bab al-Amoud on Tuesday, Zionist settlers held placards calling for the demolition of the Holy Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the construction of a so-called Jewish temple in the Bab al-Amoud area.

The mastermind of the march, “Judas Hazani,” is an extremist Jew who supports settlements in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Hazani is one of the founders of the “Immunim Ear” Zionist movement, which was active in the United States and, with the cooperation of a number of religious Zionist generals, recruited Zionist youth to serve in the Zionist army.