Clashes Erupt Amid 'Jerusalem Day' March Through Old City

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day in Herbew) is the anniversary of the liberation and unification of Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty that occurred during the Six Day War. It is one of four holiday (in addition to Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut) that were added to the Jewish calendar in the 20th century. Yom Yerushalayim is celebrated on the 28th of the month of Iyar (one week before Shavuot).

Clashes erupt amid 'Jerusalem Day' march through Old City

Annual procession marking 1967 unity of Jerusalem take off amid controversy over march's path through the Old City's Muslim Quarter.

Some 30,000 people, overwhelmingly youths from the national-religious and settler community, participated in the annual Jerusalem Day march through the Old City on Sunday, marred somewhat by outbreaks of scuffles and tense confrontations at the Damascus Gate between the marchers and Arab journalists and observers. Read More