Talk:Jerusalem Day march

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citation needed

"In 2021, it was one of the reasons for the 2021 Israel–Gaza escalation." source? 2.55.160.97 (talk) 07:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

POV template added

As the article is very biased towards one particular view, I added a template clarifying that it should not be seen as a neutral article. 83.251.89.22 (talk) 20:37, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Lede

@Wafflefrites: There is no need for attribution regarding the racist chants, as this has been documented by most RS, including AP. Makeandtoss (talk) 15:30, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

The way it was written made it sound like racist chants an official part of the celebration. They’re not: Also the chants are slogans, not songs. Wafflefrites (talk) 16:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

You can revert it, I will be adding additional information to the body. Wafflefrites (talk) 16:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

I changed it to “Attendees have been regularly seen”. Wafflefrites (talk) 16:24, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

I didn't see that implication personally, but this phrasing works with me. Makeandtoss (talk) 19:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested edit

While Israelis consider the day a display of Jewish sovereignty over the whole of Jerusalem, Palestinians consider it an unnecessary provocation and expression of dominance in East Jerusalem, an area that is considered part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

Please could someone edit to

While *some* Israelis consider the day a display of Jewish sovereignty over the whole of Jerusalem, *others, as well as * Palestinians consider it an unnecessary provocation and expression of dominance in East Jerusalem, an area that is considered part of the occupied Palestinian territories. 77.137.10.227 (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Not accurate according to Survey 47% of jaws in Jerusalem are against passing the parade through the Muslim Quarter and 43% in favor. יורם שורק (talk) 15:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 21 September 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Per discussion below. Best, (closed by non-admin page mover) Reading Beans 14:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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Dance of Flags → Jerusalem Day march – Most news sources reporting on the event don't even use the term "Dance of Flags". Instead the term "Jerusalem Day march" is much more WP:RECOGNIZABLE (PBS, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Montreal Gazette). Other source call it "Jerusalem Flag march" (Haaretz, Al Jazeera) or "Jerusalem Day flag march" (+972). VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 06:48, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Support; I have always felt the title was off and not reflecting RS. Makeandtoss (talk) 07:51, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Completely false paragraph

"The Dance of Flags is associated almost exclusively with the Religious Zionism party, which had led the efforts to overhaul Israel's judiciary that sparked the 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests.[11][12]"

This is a ridiculous claim that any person with basic knowledge of Israeli society would laugh at. The "religious Zionism" party is about 5 years old. The Jerusalem day parade has been associated with the religious Zionist public/ societal sector for at least two decades. 2A02:14F:176:6126:0:0:AAF9:88ED (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I've removed it. The content doesn't comply with WP:V based on the sources cited to support it as far as I can tell. Sean.hoyland (talk) 01:59, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Grammar in first sentence

The first sentence( ‘… parade on Jerusalem Day to celebrate what some Israelis term the "reunification of Jerusalem", but more widely-recognised as the military occupation and illegal annexation of East Jerusalem of the West Bank after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.’) is grammatically incorrect. This could be easily corrected by adding the word is (“but is more widely-recognized as”). The page is locked so I can’t make the edit but that should not be controversial. “Annexation of East Jerusalem of the West Bank” is also clunky. “East Jerusalem and the West Bank” is a little cleaner but borders on incorrect (because the status of the West Bank at large is distinct from East Jerusalem). Another solution would be to simply remove the “of the West Bank”. It doesn’t seem to add much IMO.

The first sentence is generally quite long and not to the point. IMO it would be a better introduction to separate it into two sentences such as: ‘… Jerusalem day to celebrate the Israeli capture of East Jeresulem from Jordan during the Six-Day War. According to some Israelis, the capture of East Jerusalem marked the “reunification of Jerusalem” which Israel claims as its capital, though the legal status of the East Jerusalem is contested and more widely-recognized as an illegal military occupation than as a legitimate annexation’. ~2026-48960-51 (talk) 09:15, 10 September 2026 (UTC)