Israeli flag unfurled at the Wailing Wall in honor of Jerusalem Day

At the Israeli Embassy. File photoTEL AVIV, May 28.A mass prayer service was held at the Wailing Wall in honor of Jerusalem Day, which began to be celebrated in Israel on Saturday evening, the audience unfurled the largest flag of Israel, Israeli media reported. «About 10 thousand people took part in prayers at the Wailing Wall, accompanied by songs and dances. At the start of the event, the youth unfurled a 1,000 square meter Israeli flag at the Western Wall site,» the Channel 7 post reads.A UN spokesman called on Palestine to exercise restraint ahead of Jerusalem DayThe city has stepped up security measures in honor of the holiday, the main events of which will be held on Sunday, May 29, Israeli police said. Over 2,000 uniformed and plainclothes policemen will work in the Old Year area. The police stressed that the route of tomorrow's flag parade does not pass through the Temple Mount, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque is located. Earlier Saturday, UN Special Representative for the Middle East Settlement Tor Vennesland called on Israel and Palestine to show restraint on the eve of Jerusalem Day, according to a statement received in order of RIA Novosti. The UN Special Representative noted that he had already contacted all parties and called on the leaders to heed the call. The Hamas movement called on Palestinians to take part in demonstrations to protect Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque and «to resist the Zionist aggression in Jerusalem, and the so-called march of Israeli flags,» Israeli Interior Minister Omer Bar-Lev in mid-May approved the route of the Flag Parade, which right-wing Israeli organizations intend to hold in the Old City of Jerusalem, the procession will take place in the immediate vicinity of the Shechem Gate, Yediot reported. Ahronot». The decision was made following a meeting between the minister and the police leadership, at which the security situation was assessed. The organizers of the event, which are traditionally right-wing Israeli organizations and parties, welcomed the minister’s decision and called on as many participants as possible to join the procession, which, according to them words, should symbolize «the liberation of Jerusalem and the unification of the western and eastern parts of the city.» Representatives of left-wing political movements called the planned event a provocation and called on the government to cancel the procession, the newspaper notes. Last year, a similar procession was held on May 10, Israel's Jerusalem Day, which marks the extension of Israeli sovereignty to the eastern part of the city after the 1967 Six-Day War. On this day, the procession could not be completed due to riots and a serious escalation of tension, which resulted in the largest escalation in recent years on the border of the Gaza Strip. />A well-known lawyer spoke about the growth in the number of repatriates to Israel