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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Organizers Cancel Far-Right Jerusalem March

Palestinians react as Israeli police fire a stun grenade during clashes at Damascus Gate on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy month of Ramadan, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 9, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israeli right-wing organizers said they scrapped Thursday's planned march in Jerusalem due to a dispute with police over the parade's route.

Police did not authorize a bid by organizers to march through Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, prompting the organizers to cancel the march, a spokesperson for one of the groups said on Monday.

Earlier, top Hamas official warned of renewed violence if the right-wing pro-settler organizations hold the march.

"We warn the occupation (Israel) against letting the march approach east Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday," senior Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya said.

"We hope the message is clear so that Thursday doesn't become (a new) May 10," he said, in reference to the start of last month's 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip.

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