Scuffles, insults as Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day under shadow of Gaza war

Crowds of Israelis streamed through Jerusalem’s Old City, where some scuffled with residents and hurled insults at Palestinians, as annual celebrations of Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem took place on Monday.

Jerusalem Day, as the celebrations are known, commemorates Israeli forces taking Palestinian-majority east Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Israel considers all of Jerusalem, including the annexed east, its indivisible capital. The international community does not recognise…