05/16/11

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JERUSALEM — Thousands of Palestinians marched from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip toward Israeli border positions on Sunday, hurling rocks and surging across one frontier before the Israeli army opened fire, killing at least 12 people and injuring scores.

The marches, which brought the protest culture of the Arab Spring to Israel’s doorstep, marked an unprecedented escalation of the annual demonstrations on the anniversary of the establishment of Israel in 1948. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the demonstrators were challenging “the very existence of Israel,” and, in nationally broadcast remarks, he pledged that the country was “determined to defend our borders and sovereignty.” Palestinians commemorate Israel’s founding as al-Naqba, or the catastrophe, marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands in the war that followed Israel’s declaration of independence.

Jason Ditz: Israel Gears Up PR Campaign to Defend Killings Along Border: Israeli Envoys Told to Blame Syria - Faced with growing international concern over the killing of some 20 civilian protesters along its borders with Lebanon and Syria and the wounding of hundreds of others, the Israeli Foreign Minister has issued a memorandum defining the official PR stance that Israeli officials abroad are to take with respect to the killings. The official stance will be that the deaths are entirely the fault of the Syrian government, with the argument being that since Syria’s military controls its border crossings into Israel, the protesters must’ve had official military permission to cross.

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Patrick O'Connor: Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian protestors on borders
Jason Ditz: Reports: 20 ‘Nakba’ Protesters Killed as Israeli Troops Attack
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Stephen Lendman: Commemorating Palestine's Nakba

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