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Gerald 06-04-11 06:47 PM

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

Gerald 06-05-11 05:59 AM

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

Tribesman 06-05-11 07:46 AM

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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)

Jimbuna 06-05-11 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman (Post 1677683)
What borders?:88)

Sadly, that has always been the $million question.

Gerald 06-05-11 09:47 AM

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

MH 06-05-11 09:49 AM

Who's idiot.

Armistead 06-05-11 11:50 AM

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.

Gerald 06-05-11 12:38 PM

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

Jimbuna 06-05-11 01:05 PM

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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:

Tribesman 06-05-11 02:03 PM

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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.

yubba 06-05-11 02:16 PM

Breaking
 
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.

Gerald 06-05-11 02:49 PM

Regrettably, that is, in this way :hmmm:

yubba 06-05-11 05:56 PM

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.

Gerald 06-05-11 06:17 PM

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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:

Tribesman 06-06-11 02:27 AM

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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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