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How Jerusalem Day Went From Thanksgiving to Sovereignty Display
Jerusalem Day was established in 1968 by the Chief Rabbinate as a religious holiday of thanksgiving — synagogue prayers and a ceremony at the Western Wall. Today it's best known for the flag march: 70,000 mostly religious Zionist participants routing through the Muslim Quarter via Damascus Gate. This episode traces the transformation: from the 1980 Basic Law that constitutionalized unification, through Oslo-era counter-mobilization that supercharged the march, to the current tension between celebrating access to holy sites and asserting sovereignty over Palestinian neighborhoods. We examine…
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