ON Monday, May 26, Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day. This marks the day when Israeli forces annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank after the 1967 war. The celebrations saw thousands of far-right Israelis take to the streets and engage in the national pastime of harassing Arabs. Buoyed by the presence and support of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, they marched through the Muslim quarter raising genocidal slogans, calling for “death to Arabs”, mocking the plight of Gazans and uttering blasphemous slogans attacking Islam and its revered figures. All of this was conducted under the watchfully protective eye of Israeli police.

As per past practice they also stormed the Al Aqsa compound where they again called for a new Nakba and the extermination of Palestinians while singing and dancing and performing Talmudic rituals. One of the poster boys for the Gaza genocide, ultra-Zionist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich took to the stage where he spoke of “victory”, “occupation” and “settlement” as his most prized objectives. In a statement that was truly musical to his audience’s ears, he also called for reconstructing “the Temple here” on the site of Al Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites.

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