Israelis March Through Jerusalem, Raising Tensions in a Divided City
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Thousands of Israelis marched through Jerusalem on Thursday to celebrate Israel's capture of East Jerusalem in 1967, a contentious annual event, known as Jerusalem Day, that regularly stirs tensions with Palestinians, who see it as a provocation.Large crowds of Israelis, many of them from ultranationalist groups, walked through the Old City, toward the Western Wall a remnant of an ancient retaining structure that once surrounded the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount.
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