- 10 juni 2011
Israeli occupation navy boats fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Raf
RAFAH, (PIC) Israeli occupation naval boats opened fire on Thursday evening at Palestinian fishing boats off the southern Gaza Strip Rafah coast.
Palestinian naval police in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli boats opened machinegun fire at the fishing boats forcing the Palestinian fishermen to flee to the shores, no casualties among the fishermen were reported.
Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip face daily harassment from the Israeli occupation navy which does not allow them to go beyond 3 miles off the coast of Gaza and harasses them even within this Zone, often firing at or ramming their boats and sometimes arresting them.
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IOF troops raid the Aqsa Mosque, assault worshipers
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The IOF troops raided the Aqsa Mosque plazas, immediately after the end of the Friday prayers and assaulted the worshipers, firing stun grenades and teargas canisters towards them, according to the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH).
AFEH added that special forces raided the mosque from the Magharba gate provoking the Muslim worshipers who clashed with the invading troops which withdrew fearing a spread of confrontations.
Rasem Abdel Wahid, a journalist specialising in Jerusalem affairs, said that the invading troops withdrew in the face of the determination of the worshipers not to leave and to confront attempts to invade the mosque.
The raid was repeated, but this time from both the Mgharba and Silsila gates surrounding the worshipers from both sides, but the worshipers stood in the face of the troops and chanted “With our souls and our blood we redeem you o’ Aqsa.” They also threw shoes and stones at the invading troops, which withdrew again from both gates after arresting three Palestinians and taking them the Maskoubeyya interrogation centre.
On Thursday, extremist Jewish settlers from the Keryat Arba’ colony in al-Khalil raided the mosque under the protection of IOF troops.
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Israeli police fire stun grenades in Al-Aqsa Mosque
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces fired stun grenades at worshipers in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque after prayers on Friday, police and Palestinian officials said.
The Al-Aqsa Foundation said forces raided the mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, from the Bab Al-Maghariba entrance and clashed with Palestinian worshipers.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said forces entered the holy site after Palestinians threw stones at officers near one of the gates, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
Rosenfeld said police used stun grenades to disperse the crowd.
A Jerusalem police spokeswoman said officers fired tear gas and one person was arrested.
A spokesman for the Islamic authorities that run the mosque said one or two youths had been throwing stones, but the incident ended quickly.
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IOF soldiers wound 12 Palestinians, round up Jerusalemites
AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot at a Palestinian car while en route from Yatta, south of Al-Khalil, to Beer Sheba, in 1948 occupied Palestine, on Saturday wounding 12 citizens.
Medical sources said that a number of ambulance cars rushed to the scene and carried the victims to Al-Khalil hospitals. They said that some of the victims were in serious condition while the injuries of others were moderate.
IOF troops stormed earlier Saturday the village of Iraq Burin near Nablus and declared it a closed military zone.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers installed a roadblock at the entrance to the village and scrutinized IDs of youths, adding that the soldiers detained five young men.
Other IOF units barged into another village near Nablus and attacked the home of Wael Daghles.
Reliable sources in Burqa village said that the soldiers asked for Daghles’s son Tarek, who was summoned to the intelligence office but did not show up.
Meanwhile, Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem detained three Palestinians for participating in a protest march in the Aqsa Mosque following the Friday prayers.
The Hebrew radio said that six were so far held in custody for taking part in the protest, adding that more would be detained.
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12 injured in car crash near Hebron
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Twelve people were injured Saturday in a car accident near Hebron, medics said.
Witnesses said Israeli soldiers were in pursuit of the car and sprayed bullets at the vehicle causing the driver to lose control and overturn the car.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said Israeli soldiers were not pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Five people were seriously injured and seven had moderate injuries, medics said.
Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances and an Israeli air force helicopter transferred the victims to hospital.
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Official report shows increase in holy site attacks
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- An official Palestinian report shows a marked increase in Jewish settler attacks against Islamic and Christian holy sites in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The report released Saturday by the national bureau of land defense and resistance of settlements (NBPRS) highlights the serious nature of threats written on the walls of Al-Mughayyir mosque that was burned down last week, reading: ”this is the beginning of retaliation”. The threat comes in the context of ”price tag” operations, where settlers retaliate against Palestinians whenever the Israeli government evacuates settlement outposts in the West Bank.
The report says that last week saw ”a serious rise and clear violation of international conventions and the Hague and Geneva accords which require protection of the right of worship and non-violation of the sanctity of holy places”.
The report points out that Jewish extremist groups set fire to the grand mosque in Al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah and that others were authorized to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque and provocatively break empty bottles of alcohol on the places of worship as they marked the Jewish Shavuot holiday.
It also mentions that last week the Jerusalem municipality planning committee approved a plan to build a Jewish museum dubbed ”the museum of tolerance” on top of the largest Muslim cemetery in the holy city.
The official report also marks an increase in settler attacks and crimes in an ”organized policy targeting Palestinian residents and property in the West Bank”, attacks that include the burning of hundreds of dunums of olive groves.
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Subaih calls for swift international intervention to curb Israeli violations
CAIRO, (PIC)-- Mohammed Subaih, the assistant Arab League secretary general for Palestine affairs, has said that the world community is morally obliged to swiftly intervene and put an end to Israeli violations and settlers’ provocations.
He said in a statement on Friday that the world should intervene to enable the Palestinian people to have their own fully sovereign, independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Ambassador Subaih expressed absolute dismay at the escalating Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people, their holy shrines, and representatives at the legislative council.
He denounced, in this respect, the Jewish settlers’ burning of a mosque in the West Bank, describing the act as a serious, racist behavior. He said it would not be the last mosque to be attacked, warning that such behavior could not be met with silence.
Subaih also condemned the Jewish settlers’ rampage over the past four days during which many Palestinian cultivated lands were put on fire and vineyards sprayed with chemicals.
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OCHA report: IOF injured 88 Palestinians in June 1-7
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories says that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) injured 88 Palestinians during the first week of June 2011 most of them Naksa Day protesters.
The alarmingly high number brings the count to 787 injuries this year, the OCHA report says, a 17 percent increase from the equivalent period in 2010.
The majority of this week's injuries (76) took place during June 5 protests at the Qalandiya checkpoint in East Jerusalem as the IOF fired gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets at protesters.
The official report also marks an increase in violence by Jewish settlers that week, with 15 attacks that caused six injuries on Palestinians and the torching of a mosque in Al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah.
It expressed concern over the 40 percent decrease in truckloads entering the Gaza Strip when compared to the period before the Israeli blockade in 2007, with about half of the commodities being food products, which made up only 20 percent of imports before the blockade.
The Gaza Strip only received 43 percent of its required weekly amount of cooking gas, the report went on to say, and half of its 28 gas stations operate partially due to an enforced rationing system.
Medical patients are at high risk as the Gaza health ministry has announced a depletion of 178 essential drug items and 190 medical disposables, it also says. The shortage, due to infrequent imports of drugs from the ministry's counterpart in Ramallah, has caused a reduction in medical services and a five percent deduction in ministry staff salaries to be diverted to buying medical supplies.
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IOF soldiers torch hundreds of Palestinian dunums
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) set hundreds of dunums of cultivated land west of Ramallah city and near the racist, separation wall on fire.
Local sources said that the fire spread in the Safa village land near the separation wall on Monday night and that villagers rushed to extinguish the blaze but were prevented by the IOF troops.
The IOF command claimed that it was cleaning the land of weed fearing possible infiltration of Palestinians across it.
IOF troops started fire in agricultural land near Azun village in Qalqilia a couple of days earlier causing fire to spread and destroy vast areas of farmers’ land.
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Seven Palestinians wounded in clashes with IOF
(6:57) Peaceful Protest Against The Illegal Israeli colony Nili /15.06.2011/ By:Saeed Amireh
RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Seven Palestinian citizens were wounded on Wednesday two of them critically during violent confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) west of Ramallah.
Local sources said that IOF soldiers used force to disperse a peaceful anti wall rally in Deir Qadis village and arrested a citizen and a foreign solidarity activist.
Inhabitants of nearby villages took part in the peaceful march against the confiscation of land in Deir Qadis village to expand a nearby Jewish settlement.
The sources said that young men managed to penetrate the line of IOF troops and controlled armored vehicles before they were severely beaten by the soldiers and driven away with the intensive use of teargas and stun grenades.
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IOF troops infiltrate east of Breij refugee camp
GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced east of Breij refugee camp in central Gaza on afternoon Wednesday and bulldozed land lots, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers in army tanks escorted military bulldozers 400 meters into Gazan land amidst random firing.
IOF units routinely barge into eastern Gaza land to perform similar bulldozing operations.
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- 5 juni 2011
IDF Kills 20 Protesters in Golan Heights
(1:27) 20 reported dead as IDF fires at crowds storming Israel-Syria border The 5th of June marks the 44th anniversary of the Six Day war of 1967 when Israeli forces attacked and displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Syrians and Egyptians after occupying their lands.
The day is known as “Naksa Day” or the day of setback.
On this day Israeli forces launched a hostile war against Syria, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip including East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Hamas national security forces held a special parade to mark the occasion.
The Hamas movement says resistance is the only means to liberate occupied Palestinian Lands.
Hundred of demonstrators gathered earlier in the day at the entrance of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beth Hanoun near the Erez crossing.
Demonstrators vowed to liberate Palestine and East Jerusalem al-Quds.
The Islamic Jihad movement echoed the words of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in saying that Palestine is inseparable and it belongs to the Palestinians undivided.
In November 1967, the UN Security Council passed Resolution No. 242, calling on the Israeli regime to withdraw from all occupied territories to June 4th lines, but it refused to implement the UN Resolution as it did with all UN resolutions.
During the May 15 Nakba Day rallies, Israeli forces killed nearly two dozen protesters. But despite the death toll, Palestinians still showed resistance and turned out in large numbers on Naksa Day.
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Tens of Palestinians injured in IOF quelling of peaceful marches
WEST BANK, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used violent means to disperse peaceful Palestinian demonstrations on Sunday including rubber bullets, stun grenades, and teargas canisters.
Palestinian sources said that five citizens were hospitalized with gunshot wounds while 40 others were treated for breathing difficulty near Qalandia roadblock north of occupied Jerusalem.
They said that the IOF soldiers assaulted a number of Palestinian figures and foreign solidarity activists who participated in the march.
Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the march to mark the Naksa or the defeat of Arab armies in 1967 and the consequent Israeli occupation of eastern Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza Strip in addition to other Arab lands.
In a similar incident, Palestinians organized a march in Deir Al-Hatab village east of Nablus on the same occasion and to protest Israeli confiscation of their land.
Local sources said that many young men were treated for breathing problems due to the IOF soldiers’ use of tear gas to disperse the demonstrators while nearby plantations were seen on fire.
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IOF troops kill 6 peaceful demonstrators, wound 13
DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at a peaceful demonstration for Palestinian refugees and their supporters and killed six and wounded 13 others at the outskirts of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on Sunday.
The official Syrian news agency (SANA) said that three of the wounded were in critical condition due to the extensive use of live bullets and gas canisters on the part of the IOF soldiers in a bid to disperse the demonstrators who were commemorating the Naksa by trying to march toward Palestinian and Arab land occupied by Israel in the 1967 war.
Syrian medical sources said that two of the dead were hit with bullets in the head and chest, adding that two of the wounded were undergoing surgeries in view of their serious condition.
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Naksa june5 if you're watching live stream http://qik.com/herakshababi you could hear ppl chanting freedom return and ambulances
FLASH: 20 Palestinian reach Palestine - Lebanon borders & the army making blockades
BREAKING: Israeli troops spraying sewage toward the demonstrators.
Skunk car was here, israel cant deal with nonviolent, every thing smell like shit
Qalandia: Full residential building tear-gassed
Qlandia: the protesters men and women trying to block with their bodies the skunk truck from moving forward
BREAKING: some of protesters arrested, others injured.
They brought the chemicàl mixture and sprayed cars stuck in traffic and all the press photographers in qalandia
What is Obama going to do today? Decry human rights abuses by Arab despots he once supported & ignore Israel's actions
Friends who are trapped at qalandia checkpoint are now pepper sprayed directly in their faces after being skunked
BREAKING Confirmed from sources: 2 Israeli soldiers killed and others injured after driving over their own mines
2 friends sent to Hospital after peppers spray, the rest skunked, gassed some fainted now hiding in a store
Seeing images of Palestinians in Syrian Golan area, carried away on stretchers, many have gunshot wounds to their legs
A lot of movement of ambulances now. Looks like more serious injuries in qalandia
One arrest, one injuries, muhamad al khteeb, the soldiers gone crazy!
BREAKING UPDATE: Al-Manar TV reports number of martyrs increased to 6 in Golan
Border Guard officer injured in Qalandiya clashes
One Border Guard officer suffered mild injuries during clashes between security forces and Palestinians and international activists near the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank. The officer was evacuated from the scene.
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Reports from Golan borders: The mine exploded under an Israeli military vehicle on Israel side
Eye witnesses from the Golan borders: 2 Israeli soldiers step on one of their own mines and suspected to be critically injured or dead
Soldiers have taken a second house now in qalandia
On Al Jazeera Arabic just now an explosion or firing towards media and reporters in Qalandia
Clashes erupt as Palestinians march to Qalandia checkpoint
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Clashes erupted Sunday as hundreds of Palestinians marched to the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem to mark the 44th anniversary of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli forces showered demonstrators with tear-gas grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets as Palestinian youth threw stones at soldiers.
At least two protesters were seriously injured, and at least 37 were treated in ambulances for tear-gas inhalation, medics said.
In the northern Gaza Strip, demonstrators marched from Beit Hanoun toward the Erez crossing, but Hamas police erected checkpoints to stop protesters reaching Israel's border.
Jamal Abu Nahl, of the Palestinian Democratic Union politburo member Jamal Abu Nahl delivered a speech, and told protesters that Palestinians should maintain unity, encourage resistance and oppose compromises with Israel's occupation.
The rallies marked Naksa Day, the anniversary of the Six-Day War of 1967 when Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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(3:41) Syrian Protesters Provoke Israel
Israeli soldiers have opened fire on Palestinians coming from Syria marching into the Golan Heights. Assad is just a slaughtering over there, while the United Nations are more concerned what Israel is doing, protecting her borders from Islamic terrorists.
So far the IDF have fired the bullets, about 4 killed and 9 injured as reported by Syrian tv, if you believe them. If so, Israel needs to kick their ass. Those Facebook and Twitter account days of rage demonstrators won't be getting and peace or freedom in the Middle East Arab states. Turkey has it's Flotilla's waiting to break the Gaza Blockade on jihad Hamas.
Egypt kicked the good Mubarak out, try him in his hospital bed. Saleh of Yemen has flown to Saudi Arabia for some plastic surgery after al qaeda fired missiles at his palace. Now we have Obama and the NATO pissing around in Libya with Gadhafi, no doubt to stay out from helping a friend Israel from Muslim mental cases. Hezbollah Lebanon, and Iran meddling like idiots.
This is all about Israel winning the 1967 war, the Arabs attacked the Jewish State and lost, now they want it back, as if that's going to happen. No Palestinian State. Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened fire at hundreds of Palestinians amassing near Israel's border with Syria on the Golan Heights on Sunday, firing tear gas and other demonstration dispersal weaponry in an attempt to break up the Naksa Day rallies.
Reports by Syrian media claimed four protesters were killed, with 9 others wounded. 500 Palestinians were reported to have arrived at the border, hiding from IDF fire in a ditch dug by the army after the Nakba Day protests on May 15, approximately 20 meters from the border fence, holy war here.
Video of the Israel Defense Forces shooting at the terrorists infiltrating the only Democratic land in the region. Allah is not impressed with this. Watch Egypt's Sinai. Breaking news here. Of course the conspiracy theorists and the Alex Jones and Ron Paul cult will have a lot to say about the Zionists, dinks. Iran screwing around.
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BREAKING: 5 martyrs and at least 25 injured after Israel army shot at protesters and sets FIRES in the bushes around them in Golan
At least 30 injuries at @Qalandiya mostly with rubber bullets
Medical sources at Qalandia say 7 Palestinians injured by rubber bullets while int'l journalist was hit by tear gas canister in head
Rubber bullets have killed many unarmed protesters. Israel likes to aim at the head
A peaceful protester at Qalandia was shot with a Gas canister on the head and he's in critical condition
Qalandiya: IOF just shot a protester in the head with a tear gas canister. His condition is critical. Over 50 wounded already
Teargas canister shot inside house
Syria TV: 5 killed, 10 hurt as Palestinian protesters clash with IDF on border
Hundreds of protesters gather near border with Israel on Golan Heights as Palestinians mark 44 years to the beginning of the 1967 Six-Day War.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened fire at hundreds of Palestinians amassing near Israel's border with Syria on the Golan Heights on Sunday, firing tear gas and other demonstration dispersal weaponry in an attempt to break up the Naksa Day rallies.
Reports by Syrian media claimed four protesters were killed, with 9 others wounded. 500 Palestinians were reported to have arrived at the border, hiding from IDF fire in a ditch dug by the army after the Nakba Day protests on May 15, approximately 20 meters from the border fence.
IDF spokesman did not confirm the reports of casualties, yet said that a dozen Palestinians were indeed wounded by "controlled fire from commanders on the ground." Soldiers first warned the protesters with loudspeakers and shots in the air, and finally with shots to the protesters' legs.
Protesters also approached the Israeli border in Quneitra in the northern Golan Heights. IDF soldiers responded with demonstration dispersal weaponry.
Events began earlier Sunday, as dozens of Syrians amassed near the country's border with Israel, as Israeli security forces braced for possible border clashes with protesters marking Naksa Day, the anniversary of the start of the 1967 Six-Day War.
Initial reports claimed that the protesters had begun to gather at the foot of what is known as "The Hill of Shouting," opposite the Druze Golan town of Majdal Shams.
The Israel Defense Forces Northern Command went on high alert earlier Sunday ahead of a potential attempt by thousands of Palestinian refugees from the Damascus area to storm the border of the Golan Heights as a way of marking Naksa Day.
The IDF Central Command and Southern Command also declared a high alert in case of an outbreak of violence near the West Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively, although the northern border seemed the most likely flashpoint for clashes.
The two likely locations where clashes were expected were thought to be the border crossing at Quneitra and the "The Hill of Shouting." The latter location is the same spot where some 180 refugees crossed the border three weeks ago, at least four of whom were killed by IDF fire.
The possibility that refugees will seek to storm the border from the direction of Maroun al-Rass in Lebanon, opposite Moshav Avivim, is considered less likely following the Lebanese army's announcement that the entire area opposite the border with Israel is a closed military zone.
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BREAKING: 3 martyrs including a CHILD, 15 injured by Israel Zionist army shooting in Golan borders.
BREAKING: Group of Palestinian protesters cross barb wires @ Golan borders & Israeli army shoots live fire.
My eyes and throat have never hurt as much they do now! This is not normal gas, this is Toxic gas used by IOF
TV reports 20 injuries on Qalandiya checkpoint so far
TV reports 20 injuries on Qalandiya checkpoint on aksa day till now, amng thm medical staff lying on the ground
Soldiers are positioned high above the demo in sniper positions. They are just picking off people. Youth are trying to throw stones
Arrived at border. Party over here. Dabka dancing and music. How do u like us now, Israel?
BREAKING: Martyrs up to 4 incl. a child, 15 injured in the shooting by Israel army at Golan borders
BREAKING NEWS Syrian TV: A child among those killed by Israeli gunfire press tv
Army just attacked with 15 rounds of gas. Lots of injuries
People are rushing to carry dozens injured on the ground! I am with a guy directly hit in his chest with a tear canister
You can see people bleeding and suffocating in every corner in qalandia! Horrific scenes!
Israeli occupation forces attack a women & push away other protesters following prayer
BREAKING: 5 more protesters injured on Qalandia by Israeli troops.
More than 30 injuries on Qalandia checkpoint most of them by rubber bullets
protesters attempt to cross barbed wires on Syria's borders with Israel , IDF open fire at them
Israel kills 3 in Syrian march at Golan
Israeli forces have killed three people and injured nine more when hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched from Syria towards Golan Heights at the country's border with Israel, a Syrian TV report says.
"Three martyrs have fallen, including a child, and nine others have been wounded by Israeli gunfire near the barbed wire on the occupied Golan," the Syrian state television said on Sunday, AFP reported.
The protesters flocked to Golan border on Naksa Day to mark the 44th anniversary of the beginning of Israel's 1967 Six-Day War against Arabs.
Thousands of Israeli security forces were also on high alert on 'Naksa Day', fearing possible unrest.
Live footage broadcast on Syrian TV and Al-Jazeera also showed heavy gunfire along the Golan Heights border and protesters carrying wounded people away.
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I just saw one person pulled out with a bleeding head. Looks like she was hit direct in the head with a tear gas canister
BREAKING: 3 Martyrs on Syrian-Golan borders.
Another martyr being reported on Syrian-Golan border; 3 killed, at least 9 injured by Israeli fire
Protesters trying to go back to checkpoint, but IOF said to be using a concentrated type of teargas
Golan borders: 3 martyrs and at least 15 injured, many critical cases confirmed. Protesters are NOT backing off
Clashes continue. Soldiers firing on unarmed demonstrators from the rooftops now
BREAKING: Group of Palestinian protesters cross the barb wires at #Golan borders and Israel army shoots live fire
Syria media: 2 Protesters killed, 10 wounded as Palestinians clash with IDF near border
Hundreds of protesters gather near border with Israel on Golan Heights as Palestinians mark 44 years to the beginning of the 1967's Six-Day War.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened fire at hundreds of Palestinians amassing near Israel's border with Syria on the Golan Heights on Sunday, firing tear gas and other demonstration dispersal weaponry in an attempt to break up the Naksa Day rallies.
Reports by Syrian media claimed two protesters were killed, with 10 others wounded.
Events began earlier Sunday, as dozens of Syrians amassed near the country's border with Israel, as Israeli security forces braced for possible border clashes with protesters marking Naksa Day, the anniversary of the start of the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel took control of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.
Initial reports claimed that the protesters had begun to gather at the foot of what is known as "The Hill of Shouting," opposite the Druze Golan town of Majdal Shams.
The Israel Defense Forces Northern Command went on high alert earlier Sunday ahead of a potential attempt by thousands of Palestinian refugees from the Damascus area to storm the border of the Golan Heights as a way of marking Naksa Day.
The IDF Central Command and Southern Command also declared a high alert in case of an outbreak of violence near the West Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively, although the northern border seemed the most likely flashpoint for clashes.
The two likely locations where clashes were expected were thought to be the border crossing at Quneitra and the "The Hill of Shouting." The latter location is the same spot where some 180 refugees crossed the border three weeks ago, at least four of whom were killed by IDF fire.
The possibility that refugees will seek to storm the border from the direction of Maroun al-Rass in Lebanon, opposite Moshav Avivim, is considered less likely following the Lebanese army's announcement that the entire area opposite the border with Israel is a closed military zone.
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BREAKING: 1 martyr & 5 injured by Israel army fire on Golan borders
BREAKING NEWS At least 2 protesters carried away after Israeli troops open fire
Syria TV says two protesters killed by Israeli fire while attempting to cross borders to occupied Golan Heights
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Israeli army on full alert in anticipation of Arab border demos
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority announced full alert in lines of its forces on Sunday fearing large-scale Arab demonstrations heading to Israeli borders on Naksa day.
The Hebrew radio said that the army troops were deployed along the borders with Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza Strip other than the deployment in Palestinian areas and occupied Jerusalem in anticipation of any possible “riots”.
It said the army command ordered its soldiers to fire live ammunition on anyone trying to cross the borders and “infringe on Israel’s sovereignty”.
Hebrew daily Maariv said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu had conveyed messages to a number of Arab parties that his forces would not tolerate any “serious incidents” on its borders and would use maximum force to deter any such incidents.
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'23 dead' as Israel opens fire on Golan
(5:15) IDF Kills 20 Protesters in Golan Heights
Syrian state media says at least 23 people have been killed and 350 more wounded after Israeli forces opened fire along the frontier to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators attempting to breach the border.
The official SANA news agency quoted Wel al-Halki, the country's health minister, as saying the dead included a woman and a 12-year-old boy.
The reported deaths occurred as the protesters marching from the Golan Heights approached the border on Sunday, a day observed as "Naksa Day" or "Day of Defeat", marking the 44th anniversary of the 1967 war, when Israel occupied the area.
"Anyone who tries to cross the border will be killed," Israeli soldiers reportedly shouted through loudspeakers at the crowd of several hundreds.
Protesters waved Palestinian flags and threw rocks and rubbish over the border fence.
Protesters, most of them young men, eventually managed to cut through coils of barbed wire marking the frontier, entering a buffer zone and crawling towards a second fence guarded by Israeli troops.
A Reuters correspondent at the scene saw at least 11 demonstrators carried away on stretchers by the crowd.
"We were trying to cut the barbed wire when the Israeli soldiers began shooting directly at us," Ghayath Awad, a 29-year-old Palestinian who had been shot in the waist, told the AP news agency.
US 'deeply troubled'
(4:49) Protest, shootings at Golan Heights frontier 1 x viewed
Sunday's protests along Israel's borders were designed to draw attention to the plight of Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled from their homes during Israel's war of independence in 1948.
Now, around half a million Palestinian refugees live across 13 camps in Syria.
The US state department expressed its concern over the clashes, saying: "We are deeply troubled by events that took place earlier today in the Golan Heights resulting in injuries and the loss of life.
"We call for all sides to exercise restraint. Provocative actions like this should be avoided."
The US statement emphasised that "Israel, like any sovereign nation, has a right to defend itself".
Meanwhile in the occupied West Bank, skirmishes broke out at the main crossing into Jerusalem as several hundred Palestinian young people tried to approach the checkpoint.
Reacting to Sunday's incidents, Mustafa Barghouthi, an independent Palestinian politician, told Al Jazeera: "What we saw in the Golan Heights, and in front of the checkpoint to Jerusalem, were peaceful Palestinian demonstrators demanding their freedom and the end of occupation, which has become the longest in modern history.
"And they were encountered by terrible violence from Israel. They have used gunshots, tear gas, sound bombs and canisters emanating dangerous chemicals against demonstrators.
"They also beat us. I was one of those who was beaten today by the Israel soldiers today while we were peacefully trying to reach the checkpoint to Jerusalem."
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(5:05) Richard Falk on the Golan clashes
Israel has accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of permitting the Golan protests to try to divert international attention from his bloody suppression of the popular revolt against his authoritarian rule.
Giving Israel's version of the events, Avital Leibovich, the Israeli army's spokesman, told Al Jazeera: "We [the military] saw near 12 noon an angry mob of a few hundreds of Syrians trying to reach the border fence between Israel and Syria.
"We did three steps. We first warned them verbally, we told them not to get close to the fence in order for them not to endanger their lives.
"When this failed, we fired warning shots into the air. When this failed, we had to open fire selectively at their feet in order to prevent an escalation."
The Israeli military also accused the Syrian government of instigating the protests to deflect attention from its crackdown of a popular uprising at home.
"This is an attempt to divert international attention from the bloodbath going on in Syria,'' Leibovich said.
Israel had vowed to prevent a repeat of a similar demonstration last month, in which hundreds of people burst across the border into the Golan Heights.
More than a dozen people were killed in that unrest, in which protesters had gathered to mark the 63rd anniversary of the "Nakba", to mark the expulsion of an estimated 700,000 Palestinians following Israel's 1948 declaration of statehood.
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Israel on alert after Golan Heights bloodshed
(1:06) Israel on alert after Golan Heights bloodshed
Palestinians prepare to mark day IDF seized control of east Jerusalem; IDF, police remain on high alert on northern border, Jerusalem.
The IDF is on high alert ahead of "al-Quds Day" the day marking Israel's capture of east Jerusalem in the Six Day War following Sunday's "Naksa Day" clashes on the Syrian border in which 23 protestors were killed.
Meanwhile, IDF forces on the northern front have been instructed to continue acting resolutely against any attempt to infiltrate the border and harm local infrastructure.
IDF elements noted that army policy in the northern border will may adopt a harsher stance if there are attempts to harm Israeli sovereignty. "The Syrian government is responsible for recent incidents," they stressed.
"Today senior Palestinian factions in Syria were already expressing resentment over the cynical use of Palestinians sent to risk their lives on the Israeli border."
The IDF is planning to place additional obstacles and defensive measures which will prevent Syrian protestors from reaching the border.
Elements within the IDF noted that the barbed wire fence placed last week on the "Shouting Hill" in Majdal Shams proved itself useful at stopping the protestors.
Touring the northern border on Monday, IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz reviewed the latest preparations. It is estimated that the IDF will, over the next few days, formulate various options for deploying obstacles throughout the border region to prevent protestors from progressing.
Jerusalem ready for clashes
During the tour the Gantz instructed commanders and soldiers to maintain a high level of preparedness.
Jerusalem District police is also preparing to deal with any eventuality and all forms of riots and clashes by reinforcing the local forces. Police are maintaining the high level of alert declared on "Naksa Day" which will continue throughout the Shavuot holiday.
Meanwhile, Magen David Adom has decreased its alert level from level two to level one, which is its regular level of alertness.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4079333,00.html
Israel claims the protest had President Assad's blessing, saying he is trying to deflect attention from his own crackdown on the opposition.
"This could not be happening without the acquiescence of the Syrian regime, which has apparently taken a decision to increase tension at the frontier in order to divert attention from the very real problems they face at home," said Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev.
Palestinians Demonstrate on Golan Heights
(1:48) Palestinians Demonstrate on Golan Heights
Palestinians Demonstrate on Golan Heights
On Sunday, hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators gathered on a hilltop in the Majdal Shams region of Syria to mark the beginning of a march to Golan to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the 1967 defeat in the Middle East War.
The war resulted in the Israeli capture of the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza strip, which are all claimed by the Palestinian state.
Syrian reports claim that 23 people were killed and hundreds wounded in Sunday's protests when Israeli troops fired at the Palestinian crowd.
The official news agency SANA reported that the death toll included a woman and a child, adding that 350 people suffered gunshot wounds.
Israeli broadcaster, Channel 1 said most protesters had left as the night approached, adding that they dispersed as the cold air took hold.
Israeli authorities have accused Syrian President Bashar-Al-Assad of using the protests as a way to divert international attention from his regime's suppression of popular revolt against his rule.
Syrian state television quoted a hospital director as saying that 18 protesters were killed and some 277 wounded by direct gunfire from the Israeli army.
Israeli military spokesman, Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai, confirmed that troops had opened fire but could not confirm any casualties.
Mark Regev, spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Maria 6 juni 2011
Israel quashes West Bank protests
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- An estimated 300 Palestinians who gathered at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem were met with tear gas and rubber coated bullets on Sunday, as they marked the 44th anniversary of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
"To Jerusalem we go," read signs held by protesters, who marched to the checkpoint separating the central West Bank from Jerusalem, located on the route of the separation wall, built some 5 kilometers on the Palestinian side of the 1967 border.
"Freedom is a human right," another sign said, held by one of the few men who were able to bypass a heavy Israeli military cordon outside the checkpoint, which severed the crowd in two.
Men trickled into the area in front of the soldiers slowly, and when ten had amassed and tried to form a human chain in front of the checkpoint, soldiers began firing tear gas, sound bombs and rubber-coated bullets on the group. When soldiers in riot gear carrying plastic shields attempted to push the men back, they resisted by sitting on the ground and refusing to move until they were evacuated by force.
Following the initial confrontation, Palestinian youth at the back of the crowd threw stones at soldiers.
A medic with the Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma'an in the mid-afternoon that 10 had been evacuated by ambulance, saying several had been hit by rubber-coated bullets.
Officials from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that by the end of the day, 120 were treated for injuries including nine volunteer medics who had been sprayed with stink water as they offered treatment to protesters. Two other medics were injured in their hands, burned by tear-gas and sound-bomb canisters.
The operations room recorded four injured by rubber-coated bullets, who were evacuated to hospital.
Organizers confirmed the use of stink spray, a noxious water-based chemical spray, used on a crowd near the rear of the protest, while others reported being sprayed by pepper spray in the face by soldiers attempting to remove them from the area.
In the nearby Qalandia refugee camp, locals said Israeli soldiers entered the area and surrounded several homes, accusing the children inside of stone throwing. No arrests were reported.
In the northern Gaza Strip, demonstrators marched from Beit Hanoun toward the Erez crossing, but Hamas police erected checkpoints to stop protesters reaching Israel's border.
Tens of demonstrators who tried to break away and march north clashed with Hamas police, who detained at least a dozen.
Jamal Abu Nahl, of the Palestinian Democratic Union politburo member Jamal Abu Nahl delivered a speech, and told protesters that Palestinians should maintain unity, encourage resistance and oppose compromises with Israel's occupation.
The rallies marked Naksa Day, the anniversary of the Six-Day War of 1967 when Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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(3:46) Qalandiya Naksa Protest June 5, 2011 By [email protected]
Forty-four years ago, Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights during the six-day war, which later became known to Palestinians as the Naksa, or setback.[...] This Sunday, as thousands gathered in Gaza, Hebron, East Jerusalem, al Wallaja, Qalandia and at the Syrian border to mark the Naksa and demand an end to the Israeli occupation and immediate withdrawal from all occupied lands, massive numbers of Israeli soldiers attacked the Naksa protesters in Qalandia as people marched towards the checkpoint which separates the city from the part occupied East Jerusalem.
Witnesses said that troops invaded the entrance of Ramallah city and fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at unarmed protesters. So far five civilians were reported injured by soldiers' rubber-coated steel bullets.
Two of these were shot by a sniper while they were trying to help another protestor who was shot.
Throughout the day, the army repeatedly took over roofs of buildings, kept shooting tear gas, rubber coated bullets, and spraying protestors (and passing cars) with chemical liquid from the "skunk" or with pepper spray from close distances. In the early evening, more soliders were still coming in as reinforcement.
At least one protestor was arrested as he sat together with other protestors in front of an army jeep that was set to move deeper into the residential areas of qalandia. Another protestor was pepper sprayed and violently detained by tens of soldiers and special forces as he tried to stop the army from driving off with the arrested youth. Eventually, he could be taken to an ambulance and driven into Ramallah.
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Israeli violent quelling injures 120 Palestinians in OJ
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used a new type of gas to disperse demonstrators near Qalandia refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem that leads to fainting and soreness in the eyes.
Witnesses said that the IOF troops failed to enter the camp due to the fierce resistance by its inhabitants who used stones and empty bottles to defend their camp.
The excessive use of force on the part of the IOF troops, including rubber bullets, stun grenades, and water cannons spraying chemicals and waste water, injured 120 Palestinians who were treated in a make-shift clinic inside the camp.
Israeli police said that seven young Palestinians were arrested in Silwan town, south of the Aqsa Mosque, in the wake of the clashes that erupted in various areas in the holy city as the Palestinians were commemorating the Naksa or the fall of eastern Jerusalem along with West Bank and Gaza Strip in the hands of Israeli occupation back in 1967.
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Israel braces for fresh protests in Golan
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AFP) - Israeli forces on Monday braced for fresh unrest along the Syrian ceasefire line a day after they reportedly killed 23 trying to break through to mark the 1967 Six Day War.
Troops in the Golan were on high alert after Sunday's bloodshed in which Syrian state television said 23 people were killed and 350 wounded when the Israeli army opened fire on protesters trying to cross the frontier.
The Israeli army said the Syrian figures were "exaggerated" with a spokeswoman saying just 10 protesters had been killed after they threw firebombs which set off land mines in the Syrian section of no-man's land.
"We are aware that around 10 of the casualties that the Syrians reported yesterday, were killed by the fact that they used Molotov cocktails in the Quneitra area that hit some Syrian land mines," Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovitz told AFP.
"I think there is solid ground to believe that [the Syrian figures] are exaggerated," she said. "A big number of them died as a result of their own deeds."
Asked whether any of the protesters were killed or injured by Israeli fire, she was non-committal.
"We don't really know. There were a lot of charades. When someone was shot in the feet, they were carried away on a stretcher in front of the cameras," she said.
By Monday morning, only a handful of protesters were still camped out along the border, the army said.
"The numbers are very low at the moment but we are just watching the situation," another spokeswoman told AFP, saying the night had been "quiet."
Sunday's confrontation erupted as hundreds of protesters from Syria marched towards two points along the ceasefire line -- Quneitra in no-mans land, and Majdal Shams, the Druze town located on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights plateau.
As they began cutting through a line of barbed wire fencing, troops urged them to stop in Arabic and fired tear gas, then warning shots after which they took aim at their lower body, the army said.
The protests were organized by Palestinian groups to mark 44 years since Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the Six Day War in an event known in Arabic as the "Naksa" or "setback."
Three weeks earlier, thousands of protesters in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza tried to force their way across the borders in a mass show of mourning over the 1948 creation of Israel, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes.
At that time, hundreds of people from Syria had managed to force their way onto the Israeli side, prompting troops to open fire killing four, while a similar yet unsuccessful attempt along the Lebanon border had left six dead.
Although no-one succeeded in crossing the frontier on Sunday, they ran down a hill into no-mans land on the Syrian side and reached a ditch filled with barbed wire which had been dug by the Israeli army last week -- which they were not able to cross.
The bloodshed provoked a concerned response from Washington and the United Nations.
"We are deeply troubled by events that took place earlier today in the Golan Heights resulting in injuries and the loss of life," the US State Department said in a statement, calling for restraint while acknowledging Israel's right to self-defense.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed "deep concern" over the events on the Golan Heights and said the UN was "seeking to confirm facts" about what had happened.
"The events of today and of 15 May on the Golan put the long-held cease-fire in jeopardy," a statement from his office said, calling for "maximum restraint on all sides."
Protests were also staged in Gaza and the West Bank, where 16 people sustained light injuries from rubber bullets, and 20 were treated for tear gas inhalation. But the Lebanese border was quiet after the military there banned demonstrations along the frontier.
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Ban calls for restraint after Golan shooting
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Monday on all parties to exercise "maximum restraint" and expressed "deep concern" about the shooting on the Golan Heights.
"The secretary-general regrets the loss of life, and extends his condolences to the families of the victims," said a statement by Ban's spokesman.
"He condemns the use of violence and all actions intended to provoke violence."
The remarks came after Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday as protesters from Syria stormed a ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights, with Damascus saying 23 demonstrators were killed.
Hundreds of protesters rushed the ceasefire line, cutting through barbed wire as they tried to enter the territory in a repeat of demonstrations last month that saw thousands mass along Israel's north.
Similar protests were held in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
In Majdal Shams, on the Golan, Israeli troops opened fire as demonstrators sought to push through the mined ceasefire line, which had been reinforced with several rows of barbed wire blocking access to a fence.
The UN spokesman said the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan was seeking to confirm facts and help calm the volatile situation in the area.
Ban has been following the events "with deep concern," the spokesman added.
"The events of today and of 15 May on the Golan put the long-held cease-fire in jeopardy," the statement warned. "The Secretary-General calls for maximum restraint on all sides and strict observance of international humanitarian law to ensure protection of civilians."
On May 15, thousands of protesters massed on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, trying to force their way across on the anniversary of Israel's creation.
Israeli fire left six demonstrators dead on the Lebanese side of the border and four dead on Syria's side.
Ban also reminded Syrian authorities of their obligation to protect UNDOF personnel and facilities, according to the statement.
The Golan was captured by Israel during the 1967 war and was later annexed by the Israel in a move that has not been recognized internationally.
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Syrian opposition: Anti-Israel rioters paid $1,000
Protestors at northern border promised $1,000 reward by Assad's regime, Reform Party of Syria claims; Israeli officials: Damascus encouraged rioters. Syria says IDF killed 23 people, wounded 350; army says figures inflated.
Protestors for hire? Demonstrators along the Syria-Israel border were paid thousands of dollars by President Bashar Assad's regime to take part in Sunday's riots, Syrian opposition activists charge.
Israeli officials later reinforced the claims, accusing the Syrian regime of encouraging protests along the northern border.
Sunday’s riots were an attempt "to divert attention away from the massacre in Syria,” one official charged. "The Syrians will be held accountable for these events.”
Late Sunday, Syrian officials claimed that 23 people were killed and 350 were wounded after the IDF fired at protestors aiming to rush the border fence earlier in the day. However, the army dismissed the figures, claiming that they were inflated.
Washington-based members of the Reform Party of Syria said intelligence sources close to the Syrian government in Lebanon informed them that the protesters on the Syrian side of the Druze community of Majdal Shams were in fact poverty-stricken farmers paid by the Assad regime.
According to the sources, the farmers migrated over the last few years from drought-stricken northeast Syria to the south. They reached the Israel-Syria border on Sunday in the aims of reenact "Nakba Day" events, the sources said.
The Syrian opposition group claimed that each farmer was promised $1,000 for showing up at the rally and $10,000 to their families if they are killed by IDF fire.
According to the report, the average salary of a Syrian citizen is about $200 per month, meaning that participation in Sunday's demonstration could provide a protester and his family with five months worth of financial relief.
'Such tactics used by Saddam'
Opposition activists noted that such tactics were previously used by Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein when the Ba'ath Party leader offered a $25,000 reward to the families of Palestinians who died while hurling stones at Israelis during the Intifada.
Reform Party members added that Assad's payments were aimed at diverting attention away from his regime's barbaric oppression of opposition members in the last three months and the killing of more than 1,000 citizens.
The opposition group stressed that while it believes that the Golan Heights belong to Syria, it wishes to return the land through peaceful negotiations.
"If Assad really wanted the Golan Heights, he would walk the same peaceful path Anwar Sadat walked long before him," the group said in a statement.
IDF fears regular Syria protests
IDF officials said that forces along the Syrian border showed restraint Sunday during clashes with rioters aiming to breach the border fence.
“We could have taken the easier route of uncontrolled fire, but we decided to operate in a very limited manner,” one army official said.
Meanwhile, army officials fear that the border with Syria will turn into a regular protest and riot site, similar to weekly Palestinian and leftist demonstrations at West Bank villages.
Military officials say that should riots continue in the area on a regular basis, the IDF will have to change its deployment in the region. “At this time already we have several regiments that are here instead of following their regular plans,” a military source said.
Notably, the border area with Syria also offers greater operational challenges in containing riots compared to similar events in Judea and Samaria. For example, the firing of tear gas across the border is limited by law and cannot be used as a collective means of crowd control.
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Tension Remains High on Syrian Border
The Israeli Army deployed dozens of additional units at the border with Syria following Sunday clashes in which the army short and killed 23 protesters marking the Naksa Day, and injured more than 350.
The clashes lasted until night hours on Sunday while dozens of protesters remained near the border area demanding their right to cross back into their occupied homeland.
Israeli sources reported Monday morning that protesters returned to the border area, especially in the area that face Majdal Shams town in the occupied Golan Heights.
The army said that are likely to erupt again Monday and that they could continue until Tuesday.
Israel military and political leaders held Syria responsible for the clashes on Sunday, and claimed that “the Syrian army failed to prevent the protesters from reaching Al Qneitra and the Al Seihat Hill leading to direct confrontation with the Israeli forces”.
Israel also claimed that the Syrian reports on the casualties are “exaggerated”, and that they aim at causing further tension across the border.
Military sources in Tel Aviv claimed that what happened on the border with Syria is an indication that the Syrian regime is collapsing amidst protesters demanding the removal of Syrian President, Bashar Assad.
The Maan News Agency quoted Israeli officials claiming that the Syrian regime is paying a 1000 USD to each protester, and 10.000 dollars to each family of slain protesters.
Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman of the extremist “Israel Our Home” party, instructed his office to file an official complaint against Syria at the Security Council.
http://www.imemc.org/article/61385
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Maria 6 juni 2011
Israel Army Attacks Naksa Demonstartion In Qalandia
A fresh round of violence erupted during Naksa Day in the Golan and the West Bank as Palestinians marched for the right of return to their homes in what is now Israel.
The West Bank town of Qandaliyah, near Ramallah, was the scene of clashes between local youth and the Israeli military after the Israeli military attacked a march commemorating Naksa day.
The military rushed the small demonstration of 100 people as it approached the checkpoint in Qalandia, using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.
The military broke into local homes using the rooftops as a means to fire tear gas into protesters and stone throwing youth. Israeli forces also fired rubber bullets at head height into crowds of protesters, seriously injuring two. Scores of people were treated for tear gas inhalation according to Red Cross personnel.
A small group of men later trickled through military lines and linked arms during a sit down protest in front of the checkpoint. The military pushed the small crowd back using noxious water cannons.
Syrian media source reported a total of 22 killed and hundreds injured during fresh attempts by Palestinian refugees in Syria to cross the border into Israel. Israeli military sources have cast doubt on the numbers dead, which cannot be independently verified, saying that snipers were instructed to aim at the legs of protesters.
In contrast to Lebanese and Hamas security forces, Syrian security forces allowed Palestinian refugees access to the border near the Druze town of Majdal Shams. Israel blocked all access to the area from the side of the Israeli occupied Golan Heights.
Israeli military sources expressed frustration with the amount of resources that had to be dedicated to policing the Syrian border, according to Haaretz. A total of three battalions were situated in the Golan region over the weekend.
According to Israeli officials, Syria could now create international incidents at will by allowing protesters through to border areas in an effort to take pressure from its own domestic situation. Military spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovitz, stated that "we believe that the Syrian regime is focusing the world's attention on the border with Israel instead of what is happening there,".
Lebanese and Gaza security forces prevented protester from reaching border areas in an effort to prevent a repeat of the Nakba Day events in which 16 civilians were killed by Israeli fire. 12 were arrested in Gaza when a small group broke off from the main demonstration in an attempt to march to the Israeli checkpoint.
http://www.imemc.org/article/61384
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Maria 6 juni 2011
Israelis kidnap children in West Bank and Palestine-Remember Palestine
(13:13) Israelis kidnap children in West Bank and Palestine-Remember Palestine-06-04-2011-(Part1)
(11:25) Israelis kidnap children in West Bank and Palestine-Remember Palestine-06-04-2011-(Part2)
This week in Jerusalem and the West Bank, children have once again been targeted by Israeli forces for illegal abduction and incarceration. In this edition of Remember Palestine, Lauren Booth reviews the issue.
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Palestinian youth wounded in Israeli gunfire
GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian young man was wounded north of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday when Israeli forces opened gunfire at a march in Beit Hanun.
Spokesman for medical services Adham Abu Salmiya said that the youth, in his twenties, was hit with two rubber bullets in his neck and leg.
He described his injuries as “moderate”.
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Maria 7 juni 2011
Israeli Troops Open Fire on Non-Violent Protest in Gaza, Injuring One
Gaza - PNN - A Palestinian young man was injured during a non-violent protest organized at the security fence near the town of Beit Hannon in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
According to organizers, the protest is weekly and non-violent, organized against the Israeli wall and security fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.
Sources said that soldiers stationed at the borders opened deadly fire at unarmed protesters, leaving one injured.
Political sources identified the injured as Mohammed al-Kafarnah, in his twenties. Doctors described his condition as moderate.
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The weekly protest in the buffer zone (exposing the Israeli propaganda)
(6:13) The weekly protest in the buffer zone (exposing the Israeli propaganda)
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Maria 7 juni 2011
Israel raids offices of Nablus PLC members
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Israeli forces raided Tuesday morning the offices of Palestinian Legislative Council members from the Hamas bloc in Nablus, confiscating computers and other property.
PLC member Mona Mansour told the PIC that Israeli patrols surrounded the building where the offices are situated in the Rafadia district of the West Bank city before carrying out a search raid.
She said the forces confiscated computers and folders detailing the work of the PLC members and citizen requests.
The raid is seen as an Israeli attempt to disrupt a deal to unify the Palestinian government signed by Hamas and Fatah which rule split parts of the Palestinian territories.
The day the truce was signed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared publicly that Abbas must choose between peace with Hamas and peace with Israel.
The PLC plays an important role in forming the unified government as agreed in the deal and it works to represent and serve the Palestinians.
The raid also happened at a time when the Israeli occupation has re-arrested MP Ahmed al-Hajj Ali, a Hamas member who represents Nablus in the PLC, and senior Hamas member Mustafa al-Shanar, a lecturer at the Al-Najah National University, after raiding their homes.
Last week, Israeli occupation forces arrested PLC members from both the Hamas and Fatah blocs in Nablus after raids on their homes in Tulkarem and Nablus.
Hamas PLC members in Nablus have issued a statement condemning the string of raids and arrests and assuring that the attacks would not curb their service to the Palestinians, who elected them to office in 2006.
They warned it was a repeat of what happened in 2006 when Israel arrested 64 Hamas leaders including PLC members after resistance factions captured Israeli occupation soldier Gilad Shalit.
The legislators also condemned world silence over the issue, as international law provides immunity to parliamentary officials.
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Rights group to monitor Israeli naval violations
(2:16) Rights group to monitor Israeli naval violations - Press TV News Fishermen in Gaza would come under attack by Israeli navy if they exceed a limited miles from the seashore. This comes as the poor fishermen have no alternative source of income.
This is Oliva boat, the first monitoring boat in Gaza waters which left from Gaza city fishing port with crew from Spain, the US, Sweden and the UK and accompany Gaza fishermen in the Waters to monitor and document violations of int’l law in the Palestinian waters off the Gaza strip.
The organization said the initiative is in cooperation with local groups including the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Popular Struggle Coordination Committees, the Union of Agriculture Committees and Fishing and Marine Sports Association.
Israeli gunboats patrol the 40km Gaza coast, enforcing a fishing limit of three nautical miles, with fishermen reporting fire, boat confiscations and detentions by the navy. Last Wednesday, one skiff was hit by an Israeli navy vessel and sunk, injuring a fisherman, off the southern Gaza coast.
Last Thursday, fishermen appealed to the UN and human rights organizations to put pressure on Israel to end the naval blockade and to expand the area of fishing. They also called for international protection against Israeli attacks at sea.
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Israeli forces build sand barrier at Gaza border town
GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) mounting army tanks escorted three military bulldozers while building a huge sand barrier at the entrance to Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
Safa news agency said that the IOF troops fired smoke bombs to cover soldiers who went on foot to escort the workers in building the barrier.
IOF soldiers regularly embark on provocative acts on Gaza’s eastern and southern borders such as shooting, bulldozing, and combing operations in a bid to lure Palestinian resistance fighters into a confrontation then blame it on them.
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