Jerusalem Day 2008

Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim, was celebrated yesterday in Israel. Jerusalem Day celebrates the miracle that was the Six Day War and the reunification of the holy city of Jerusalem. Herea are some photos of the festivities.

Jews pack the Western Wall, where tears of joy were wept by the liberating IDF paratroopers 41 year earlier:

Dancing in the Cardo, the old Roman central commercial avenue, where Roman ruins still remain:

Dancing through downtown toward the Old City:

Wild dancing breaks out at Damascus Gate, the main Arab marketplace in eastern Jerusalem:
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