Israeli Police Block Far-Right Rally From Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter
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Tensions have spiked in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem amid nearly a month of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli police on Wednesday blocked crowds of Jewish ultra-nationalist protesters from approaching the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, to prevent more violence after weeks of bloodshed.
Tensions have spiked in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem amid nearly a month of deadly violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, with tensions high amid the Jewish Passover festival coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
More than a thousand ultra-nationalist demonstrators waving Israeli flags gathered in the early evening, but the police blocked the crowds from reaching Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Muslim quarter of the Old City.
Among the demonstrators were supporters of far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir, a controversial opposition politician.
