Against the background of security tensions, the police did not confirm the existence of the flag parade in the Old City of Jerusalem.
In addition, the political echelon is expected to decide on a ban on Israelis entering the Temple Mount for two weeks - until the end of Ramadan.
"We will not allow the parade to take place as the organizers suggested. A flagship parade at this time needs to strengthen Jerusalem by another 1,000 policemen. We are stretched from end to end, with the main task being to maintain public safety and safety everywhere," the officials said.
The flag parade near the Nablus Gate, archive, Photo: AFP
As first reported in "Israel Today", right-wing activists on Monday appealed to the Jerusalem police to hold a parade of flags around the walls of the Old City, including where stones will be thrown at Egged buses.
"We will raise our heads and the flag, right now we will raise Jerusalem on our heads of joy," the organizers said, adding: "We have no intention of shying away from threats from anyone who wants to scare us. Right now we will march with flags proudly."
But the police thought otherwise - and did not confirm its existence.
A police source said yesterday: "We received a request to hold a parade at short notice, the organizer was summoned at night for a call in an attempt to reach an outline and an agreed date so that order and security can be maintained. "Alternatives, but they do not want to listen. It's kind of, it's like someone insisting on holding a pride parade in Bnei Brak."
Riots on the Temple Mount, Photo: EP
The organizers of the march yesterday attacked the police decision claiming that the application was submitted in a short period of time.
"We could not know that there would be terrorist attacks and that the Old City would be desolate on weekdays," they said.
At the same time, the organizers of the parade announced that despite the police ban, the gathering place will be today at 17:00 in Safra Square.
A senior police official responded to the remarks, saying: "We will probably prepare and not allow this friction."
Meanwhile, despite tensions on the Temple Mount, the head of the Islamic Movement's northern faction, Sheikh Raed Salah, arrived at the al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday.
A former convict of terrorist incitement and released from prison last year, walked the plazas of the Temple Mount and met with dozens of Moravitons present at the mosque, who welcomed him.
The Arab sheikh was quoted in the Arab media as saying that "the al-Aqsa Mosque is an indivisible Islamic, Arab and Palestinian right. We emphasize that the Israeli presence in al-Aqsa is a presence of occupation. Therefore, this presence is illegitimate."
He added that "perhaps the occupation holds the language of power, but the world must know that the language of power cannot make the lie the truth."
Meanwhile, against the background of tensions and continuation of policy over the past decade, the political echelon is expected to decide that the Temple Mount will be closed to Jews from Friday for two weeks.
The chairman of Jewish Power, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, responded to the decision and said: "This is a victory for Hamas, for terrorism."
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