Tensions Rise as Jerusalem Prepares for Controversial Flag March.

Palestinian businesses in Jerusalem were forced to close ahead of Israel’s “flag march,” which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in 1967 and has previously led to violence and racist slogans being chanted. A heavy police presence was seen in the Old City, where the majority of Jerusalem’s Palestinian population live, as hundreds of stores were ordered to close and multiple checkpoints set up to control the security of the event. Some Palestinians say they voluntarily chose to temporarily shutter their businesses to avoid harassment.