{"id":8211,"date":"2026-05-15T09:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=8211"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:18:12","slug":"bbc-on-the-ground-observing-the-annual-jerusalem-flag-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=8211&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"BBC on the Ground: Observing the Annual Jerusalem Flag March"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tens of Thousands Participate in Jerusalem Flag March<\/h3>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through <b>Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City<\/b>, an area captured by Israel during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. This annual event, often referred to as the Flag March, commemorates Israel&#8217;s capture of East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<h3>International Stance on East Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that Israel&#8217;s annexation of East Jerusalem is <b>not recognized by many of its key international allies<\/b>, including the United Kingdom. This stance highlights the complex political landscape surrounding the city.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversies and Observations<\/h3>\n<p>The march is frequently a source of tension, often accompanied by reports of <b>racist chants and instances of violence<\/b> directed towards Palestinian residents and their businesses within the Old City. The BBC&#8217;s Middle East correspondent, Lucy Williamson, spent the day on the ground, observing the commemorations and the atmosphere surrounding the event.<\/p>\n<p>#Jerusalem #FlagMarch #OldCity #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #BBCNews #InternationalRelations #EastJerusalem #Conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of Thousands Participate in Jerusalem Flag March Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City, an area captured by Israel during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. This annual event, often referred to as the Flag March, commemorates Israel&#8217;s capture of East Jerusalem. International Stance on East Jerusalem It&#8217;s important to note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}