Tensions rise ahead of Jerusalem Flag March in Old City.

The US is calling for "calm" and "restraint" ahead of a controversial nationalist parade through the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, where tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis are expected to march through the Muslim Quarter waving Israeli flags. The event will come less than a week after Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad finalized a ceasefire agreement following five days of deadly conflict. The annual rally of religious nationalists is regularly a tense affair, with hate speech and sometimes violence by Jewish participants toward Palestinians.