Israeli nationalists swarm Jerusalem and chant 'death to Arabs' ahead of flag march

Israeli nationalists chanted "death to Arabs" and scuffled with Palestinian shopkeepers and left-wing activists ahead of Tuesday's so-called flag march in Jerusalem.

Held every year to mark the occupation and conquest of Palestinian East Jerusalem, the event sees hundreds of Israeli nationalists march through the Old City of Jerusalem waving Israeli flags and taunting Palestinian merchants and residents of the city.

This year, scuffles broke out between the marchers and Palestinians and left-wing Israeli activists, who had gathered along the route.

Other chants included "let your village burn", a reference to the 1948 Nakba, in which Zionist militias forced 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and villages to make way for the establishment of Israel.