Israeli govt authorizes controversial Jerusalem march: PM’s office

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued statement Tuesday approving a controversial march by Jewish nationalists through Jerusalem next week. (Reuters)
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Updated 08 June 2021
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Israeli govt authorizes controversial Jerusalem march: PM’s office

  • The march will be held on Tuesday, 15 June, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office

JERUSALEM: Israel’s outgoing government Tuesday approved a controversial march by Jewish nationalists through Jerusalem next week, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
“The march will be held on Tuesday, 15 June,” the statement said, adding that the cabinet had approved the decision and that the event would be held in a format to “be agreed by police and organizers.”
Organizers a day earlier had called off the march, originally due to take place on Thursday, due to Israeli police opposition to the route and as a top Hamas official warned Israel against letting it “approach east Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.”


Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of miltants

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Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of miltants

  • Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities

AL-HOL CAMP, Syria: Syria’s army on Wednesday entered the country’s vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Daesh militants, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The correspondent saw a large number of soldiers open the camp’s metal gate and enter. Al-Hol houses around 24,000 people, including 15,000 Syrians and about 6,300 foreign women and children of 42 nationalities.