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Bezalel Smotrich is hoisted up by Israelis as they dance and wave the national flag rally outside the Old City’s Damascus gate for the annual flag march in Jerusalem on June 15, 2021. (Photo: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

Why is Jerusalem Day so controversial?

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Jerusalem Day celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem, the holiest city for the Jewish people, in 1967. But Palestinians view Israel as illegally occupying it, commemorating the day as the Naksa or “Setback.”

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