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Israel Braced for Clashes During Border Protests

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Hamas police officers, in front, and Egyptian soldiers blocked Palestinians from crossing into Egypt from Gaza on Saturday.

JERUSALEM — Israel on Saturday was bracing for possible clashes along its borders after Palestinian activists in the region called for protest marches on Sunday, three weeks after a similar wave of coordinated protests led to deadly clashes with Israeli troops.

Protests on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the Palestinian “naksa,” or setback, in the June 1967 Middle East war were being planned in the West Bank and Gaza, territories that were conquered by Israel then. There have also been calls on social networking Internet sites for Palestinians in Lebanon and Syria to march at the Israeli border.

That echoed the conditions that led to the violence on May 15, the day Palestinians mark as the “nakba,” or catastrophe, of Israel’s establishment in 1948. Taking a cue from the so-called Arab Spring movement, organizers in multiple countries and territories called for a coordinated action against Israel, and huge crowds of Palestinians responded.

They clashed with Israeli troops on four fronts, and breached the border between Syria and the Golan Heights for the first time in more than 30 years. At least 14 protesters from Lebanon and Syria were killed, stoking outrage in Palestinian camps across the region and intensifying pressure on Israel to create the conditions for a return to peace talks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/wo...05gaza.html?hp

Note: Published: June 4, 2011

Golan: Israel troops fire on pro-Palestinian protesters

Israeli soldiers have opened fired on pro-Palestinian protesters in Syria as they marched on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Israel had vowed to prevent a repeat of a similar march last month, in which hundreds of people had managed to breach the border fence.

Witnesses said several people appeared to have been injured. Syrian state TV said four people had died.

The protesters were marking the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Mid-East war.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not allow "extremists" to breach Israel's borders.

"I have instructed our security forces to act with determination and restraint in order to protect our sovereignty our borders, towns and citizens," he said at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

But this did not deter several hundred demonstrators from moving on the razor-wired fencing and freshly dug trenches close to the frontier village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights at around noon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13660311

Note: Update Record, 5 June 2011 Last updated at 10:15 GMT

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"I have instructed our security forces to act with determination and restraint in order to protect our sovereignty our borders, towns and citizens,"

What borders?:88)

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Originally Posted by Tribesman (Post 1677683)

What borders?:88)

Sadly, that has always been the $million question.

The entire region's more fragile than one paper, :damn:

Israel would be crazy to give up the Golan or Gaza in light of the new democracy, which is the freedom of radicals. Liberals in this country support such because they don't believe in the sovereignty of borders.

Unconfirmed reports on Syrian state TV said 14 people had been killed.

The protesters were marking the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Mid-East war.

Several hundred demonstrators - Palestinians and their Syrian supporters - marched to the razor-wired fencing and freshly dug trenches close to the frontier village of Majdal Shams at around noon.

Many carried Palestinian flags and threw rocks and rubbish over the fence.

Israel's military said its soldiers shouted warnings in Arabic and fired warning shots in the air, before aiming at the legs of those who had reached the fence.

After live gunfire failed to disperse the crowds, Israeli troops fired volleys of tear gas over the border. Many people fled while others lay on the ground.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13660311

Note: Update Record,5 June 2011 Last updated at 16:29 GMT

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Originally Posted by Vendor (Post 1677782)

The entire region's more fragile than one paper, :damn:

Got me there with that comparison :hmmm:

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Israel would be crazy to give up the Golan or Gaza in light of the new democracy, which is the freedom of radicals.

In case you missed it this particular incident is a sideshow to distract from a dictatorship murdering hundreds of people who were calling for democracy.

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Liberals in this country support such because they don't believe in the sovereignty of borders.

It is hard to support the soveriegnty of borders in a case where they don't exist.
If however you can show the existance of a border there I will happily believe in your faith on the soveriegnty of borders.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/isra...syria-20-dead/ Israeli troops kill 20 sunday today yesterday what ever. So it begins tic toc, yeah it will be a side show for all involved. Should, start a pool to see if the network news ABC NBC CBS will report on this tonight, on the the nightly news any, takers, I say they don't. Oh by the way who in their right minds celebrates defeat.

Regrettably, that is, in this way :hmmm:

Well I stand corrected the net work news did run the Israel story, they did it grudgingly, but they did it. Now I must get back to sh3 warships mod.

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Originally Posted by yubba (Post 1678171)

Well I stand corrected the net work news did run the Israel story, they did it grudgingly, but they did it. Now I must get back to sh3 warships mod.

Good luck, :up:

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Well I stand corrected the net work news did run the Israel story, they did it grudgingly, but they did it.

Its a conspiracy I tell ya:doh:

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Originally Posted by yubba (Post 1677986)

Right,Israeli troops fire on pro-Palestinian protesters on Syria's border in the occupied Golan Heights, with Syrian TV saying 20 are killed.

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Originally Posted by Vendor (Post 1678464)

Right,Israeli troops fire on pro-Palestinian protesters on Syria's border in the occupied Golan Heights, with Syrian TV saying 20 are killed.

I watched the 700 club this morning to see what spin they had on this story, I guess the protesters were pro's they were being paid a thousand dollars to be there and if they got killed the families would get ten thousand dollars plus they were bus there. State run media didn't want too talk about, that this morning.

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Israel to complain to UN over Syria incitement of border violence

Foreign Ministry spokesman says complaint will focus on Syria's 'manipulation of its own citizens' to foment Sunday's violent border clashes, in which Syria says 23 protesters were killed.

By DPA and Haaretz

Israel said on Monday that it will complain to the United Nations over what it said was Syria's use of demonstrators to challenge Israel's sovereignty, following violent clashes Sunday along the border between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights.

The complaint would focus on Syria's "manipulation of its own citizens to generate violent incidents at the border," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said live Israeli fire had caused casualties and UN monitors were "seeking to confirm facts".
Israeli Civil Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said "you cannot reach the Syrian-Israeli border from the Syrian side without clear instructions and approvals from the government in Damascus."
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1...3769353529.jpgSyrian protesters throw stones at IDF forces near Quneitra on June 5, 2011.
Photo by: IDF spokesperson
Syria said on Monday that 23 people were killed in Sunday's "Naksa Day" rally, commemorating 44 years since the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel captured Syria's Golan Heights in that conflict, as well as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Official Syrian news agency SANA quoted Health Minister Wael al-Halki as saying the death toll included a woman and a child, adding that another 350 people suffered gunshot wounds.
The IDF said that since all the casualties were on the Syrian side of the border it was unable to provide an exact count, but it expressed great skepticism about the Syrian figures. Soldiers fired "with precision" at the bottom half of the bodies of the protesters, the army said.
Channel 10 reported that an initial IDF inquiry into Sunday's events found that up to ten Syrian protesters had been killed when Molotov cocktails which the protesters had been throwing set off an anti-tank minefield.
The army accused the Syrian government of creating a deliberate provocation in an effort to divert world attention from its ongoing bloody repression of pro-democracy protests at home.
Senior officials in Jerusalem placed the responsibility for Sunday's violence on the Syrian police.
"Syria is trying to divert attention from the massacre that [Syria] is carrying out against its citizens with the provocation on the border," a senior official said. "We sent messages in recent days to both Syria and Lebanon. Lebanon prevented the protests, but Syria decided to carry out a provocation."

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Originally Posted by yubba (Post 1678558)

First I've heard...any links?

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First I've heard...

I am surprised at that take, I expected the 700 club to say the protesters were shot because Syria made a pact with the devil 200 years ago and the protesters were all supporters of abortion which is why god guided the bullets towards them:03: