Reroute flag parade out of Muslim Quarter during height of Ramadan
Over the past few years, dozens of events have sprung up throughout the city, which seek to create a different character for Jerusalem Day and are attended by thousands of residents and social activists, both religious and secular.
Israelis celebrate as they hold Israeli flags during a parade marking Jerusalem Day, the day in the Jewish calendar when Israel captured East Jerusalem and the Old City from Jordan during the 1967 Middle East War, just outside Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City May 24, 2017.(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)ByYUDITH OPPENHEIMER
