Rachel Fink
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My colleague @ztnagham and I spoke to Palestinians residents about their experience during the Flag March -not just this year, but over decades of living and working in the Old City. They shared testimonies of rage and exhaustion, of resignation. But also, resilience. "I…
Jerusalem's Palestinian residents pick up the pieces in the Old City after the Flag March | @ztnagham & Rachel Fink haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
After marchers attempted to push past the barrier separating them from journalists, police stepped in to push the marchers back.
Ultra Right nationalists participating in Jerusalem’s Flag March sing “May your village burn,” a popular racist chant.
Far-right participants of the Flag March have begun to stream into Damascus Gate.
The first marchers carrying Israeli flags have reached Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City. They are taking part in the Flag March, the main event of annual Jerusalem Day celebrations. The area, which will soon see thousands of participants - many of them right-wing and…
An ATM machine on one of the streets in the Old City where the Flag March is set to take place today. The sign reads, “This belongs to Jews. Please don’t damage.”

Far right extremists gathered for Jerusalem’s annual Flag Day are marching through the alleys of the Old City chanting “Death to Arabs”.
Ultra Right Jewish nationalists, mostly teenagers, are gathered in Jerusalem’s Old City in preparation for the annual Flag March, an event that has long been marked by violent clashes. They have begun harassing Palestinian shop owners and passersby.
Palestinian shop owners harassed by ultra Right nationalist teenagers gathered in the Old City for the annual flag march. The owners are told by police to go inside their shops and keep the door closed
An elderly Palestinian man cleans up his shop near Damascus Gate after having it damaged by far Right teenagers.
After marching up the road, the protesters again attempted to block the road and were met with police violence, with officers announcing the demonstration was illegal
Dozen of anti-war protesters gathered at a busy Tel Aviv junction, calling for an end to the genocide and starvation in Gaza. Police have begun forcefully clearing the handful of demonstrators blocking the road.
During his visit to Israel, U.S. Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler was asked whether he thinks Israel will resume its war in Gaza after President Trump leaves the region. “That’s up to Israel,” he answered, but added that with the release of American hostage Edan Alexander, there is…
Shortly after Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff arrived at Hostage Square, Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler also made an appearance. In remarks to the press regarding the U.S. deal to bring American hostage Edan Alexander home, which was done without Israel’s involvement,…
What does it say about a society when you can look at a child – sunken-eyed and silent with fear and grief – and decide the real injustice is that she's hogging the spotlight? | Haaretz Today haaretz.com/israel-news/ha…
Among the many protests taking place In Jerusalem today, a special demonstration was organized in support of Tesfaye and Benchi Kasau (seen here marching together), Ethiopian immigrants whose 9-year-old daughter, Haymanot, went missing over a year ago in Safed. Demonstrators are…
Dozens of protesters are being forcibly removed from the area in front of the Knesset after a long day of demonstrating against the government and in support of the hostages. Protesters are chanting “We will never give up.”