Tensions rise as Israel prepares for controversial Jerusalem march.
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Israel deploys over 2,000 police for a march by Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem's Old City, a contentious event that comes as tensions are already running high. The march marks "Jerusalem Day," which celebrates Israel's capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as capital of their future state. The parade comes as fighting in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem is at its highest level in two decades.
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