OPINION: Reroute Flag Parade Out of Muslim Quarter During Height of Ramadan

This year, Jerusalem Day falls during these final 10 days of Ramadan. In spite of this coalescence of events, the religious Right still insists on marching their annual Jerusalem Day flag parade through the heart of the Muslim Quarter. Even without its convergence with Ramadan, the flag parade imposes a siege on the Muslim quarter’s residents, who are forced to shutter themselves in their homes until the storm passes. As documented in extensive photographic and video footage, the parade is rife with violent acts and racist slurs, some of which are overt, while others are encoded in well-known biblical verses that receive contemporary nationalistic interpretation.