Off-duty IDF trooper says beaten after disclosing he was a soldier, claims assailants fled to the nearby Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

In recent weeks the commanders of the Shalem police station, in East Jerusalem, have been holding meetings on the implications for the neighborhood of what has become known as the "September events."

Organizers say thousands expected to take part in Friday's 'March for Independence,' the first such Jewish-Arab event in 20 years.

Some 3,000 religious Zionists plan to march in a contentious East Jerusalem neighborhood to mark the unification of the capital.

Off-duty IDF trooper says beaten after disclosing he was a soldier, claims assailants fled to the nearby Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

In recent weeks the commanders of the Shalem police station, in East Jerusalem, have been holding meetings on the implications for the neighborhood of what has become known as the "September events."

Organizers say thousands expected to take part in Friday's 'March for Independence,' the first such Jewish-Arab event in 20 years.

Some 3,000 religious Zionists plan to march in a contentious East Jerusalem neighborhood to mark the unification of the capital.