'Flower March' promotes love and inclusion as alternative to Jerusalem Flag March.

The Tag Meir coexistence organization conducted its ninth annual Flower March through the Old City of Jerusalem as a counterpoint to the nationalist Flag March later in the day. The left-wing organization distributed flowers to residents of the Muslim, Christian and Armenian Quarters in order to spread a message of “love, inclusion [and] solidarity” ahead of what the organizers described as the “racism and incitement” of the Flag March. The Flag March, organized by hardline right-wing and religious organizations and dedicated to celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, proceeds through the Damascus Gate of the Old City and through the Muslim Quarter before ending up at the Western Wall plaza.