2011 Nakba Day

Annual commemoration event tragedy yes The 2011 Nakba Day was the annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people marking the Nakba—their forced displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. Generally held on May 15, commemorative events in 2011 began on May 10, in the form of march by Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel on Israel's Independence Day. On May 13, clashes between stone-throwing youths and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem resulted in one Palestinian fatality, and clashes continued there and in parts of the West Bank in the days following. In an unprecedented development on May 15, thousands of people, mostly Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Syria, marched towards the ceasefire borders with Israel.https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-was-infiltrated-but-no-real-borders-were-crossed-1.362215 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520142603/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/israel-was-infiltrated-but-no-real-borders-were-crossed-1.362215 dead May 20, 2011 Israel was infiltrated, but no real borders were crossed Gideon Biger 17 May 2011 Haaretz 18 May 2011http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/dead-as-israelis-open-fire-on-protesters/story-e6frf7lf-1226056390986 At least 12 people killed as Israelis open fire on border protesters Jack Guez Herald Sun May 16, 2011 Fifteen Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded, most by live ammunition as the Israeli Defense Forces tried to hold them back across the line. Dozens of Israelis were also injured. More than a hundred protestors from Syria managed to breach the fence and enter the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and at least one made it all the way to Tel Aviv. Attempts by march organizers in Egypt and Jordan to reach their countries' borders with Gaza and Israel, respectively, were largely thwarted by domestic security forces. At a mass demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian Army used tear gas and live fire to disperse the crowd, wounding 353. In other events in Tel Aviv, an Israeli man was killed and others wounded by an Arab truck driver who claimed he lost control of his vehicle, but is suspected by Israeli police of having purposefully carried out a "terrorist attack". Organized by calls put out by Palestinians on Facebook, the border marches were given impetus by the revolutions and uprisings taking place in the Arab world.http://www.heraldextra.com/news/world/article_10865d67-e7a6-57cf-af4b-dd705e5a19b5.html Palestinians test tactic of unarmed mass marches Karin Laub - The Associated Press 17 May 2011 Daily Herald 17 May 2011 3 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180503000250/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/world/article_10865d67-e7a6-57cf-af4b-dd705e5a19b5.html dead The American and Israeli governments said the marches were coordinated by the Iranian and the Syrian governments to shift public attention from domestic unrest.https://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1228099.html דובר הבית הלבן: לישראל יש זכות להגן על גבולותיה הארץ 2011-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826115028/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1228099.html 2011-08-26 dead Background Al-Nakba is the Arabic word for "the catastrophe" or "the disaster" and is used by Palestinians to refer to their forced displacement and flight from Palestine that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948.The modern Middle East: a political history since the First World War Mehran Kamrava 125 Illustrated University of California Press 2005 978-0-520-24150-3 https://archive.org/details/modernmiddleeast0000kamr registration nakba loss of palestine. https://archive.org/details/culturecustomsof0000fars registration nakba refugees return. 14 Culture and customs of the Palestinians Samih K. Farsoun Illustrated Greenwood Publishing Group 2004 978-0-313-32051-4https://books.google.com/books?id=yo6VyhJKKb8C&q=nakba+past+present&pg=PA86 86 The colonial present: Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq Derek Gregory Illustrated, reprint Wiley-Blackwell 2004 978-1-57718-090-6 More than 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled over the course of the 1948 Palestine War and they and their descendants number several million today, divided between Jordan (2 million), Lebanon (427,057), Syria (477,700), the West Bank (788,108) and the Gaza Strip (1.1 million), with another quarter of a million internally displaced Palestinians in Israel.Figures given here for the number of Palestinian refugees includes only those registered with UNRWA as June 2010. Internally displaced Palestinians were not registered, among others. Factbox: Palestinian refugee statistics Nakba Day is commemorated annually, generally on May 15. Commemorations among Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel are often held on Israeli Independence Day which falls on the Hebrew calendar date of 5 Iyar (in 2011, May 10). On that day, several thousand internally displaced Palestinians and their supporters held their 14th annual "March of Return" between al-Damun and al-Ruways, two Palestinian villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/israeli-society/3587-thousands-mark-palestinian-nakba-in-galilee- Thousands Mark Palestinian Nakba in Galilee Alternativenews.org 2011-05-12 2013-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013923/http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/israeli-society/3587-thousands-mark-palestinian-nakba-in-galilee- 2013-10-05 dead At least 1,000 Arabs and Jews held the first public commemoration of the Nakba in Jaffa on May 14 to protest the "Nakba Law" passed by the Israeli Knesset in March. Organized by members of youth movements in Jaffa and Lod, Arab Members of Knesset did not attend the protest, where demonstrators chanted pro-Palestinian, pan-Arab, and anti-Israel slogans, and blocked traffic along Jaffa's main street.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068464,00.html Hundreds mark 'Nakba Day' in Jaffa - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Shaalan Hassan Hartman, Ben. https://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=220514 Hundreds hold first-ever Nakba Day march in Jaffa jpost.com 2011-05-15 In anticipation of Nakba Day events, the Israeli military sealed off the West Bank for 24 hours and deployed IDF regiments and Border Police gendarmes. Inside Israel, police prepared for Arab protests and possible violence, and security forces were deployed in the predominantly Arab Wadi Ara region. A heavy police presence was reported in many of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods, and included both regular police officers and Border Police gendarmes. Israeli forces were provided with riot and crowd-control gear, and were ordered to use live fire only under extreme circumstances. Israel's political leadership instructed the IDF not to take risks and assume major precautions. Soldiers were ordered not to intervene in peaceful demonstrations that did not target soldiers, settlers, or infrastructure. The IDF said that it wanted "zero funerals" during the demonstrations. Senior field officers were deployed in every sector of operations to monitor the situation and assist in the decision-making process. Israeli commanders also monitored internet chatter and social media websites to get a clear sense of the Palestinian street's mood. IDF Brigades were also trained to deal with clashes between Palestinians and settlers.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4067434,00.html IDF gears for 'Nakba Day' - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Greenberg Hanan http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4067158,00.html IDF chief warns of violence on 'Nakba Day' - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Greenberg Hanan http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4067922,00.html The goal: Zero funerals - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Fishman Alex Border demonstrations 2011 Israeli border demonstrations Inspired by the uprisings and revolutions taking place in the Arab world, Palestinians used Facebook to call for mass protests throughout the region on May 15, 2011, Nakba Day.http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ME18Ak03.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110520150314/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ME18Ak03.html unfit 2011-05-20 Persistence will pay off for Palestinians Atimes.com 2011-05-18 2013-10-02http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=33601 Army fires on Cairo's Nakba rally Bikyamasr.com 2013-10-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165108/http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=33601 2011-07-21 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069686,00.html Syrian infiltrator recounts journey to TA Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 A page calling for a "Third Palestinian Intifada" to begin on May 15 garnered more than 350,000 "likes" before being taken down by Facebook managers at the end of March after complaints from the Israeli government as well as a counter group which repeatedly requested Facebook to block the page on the grounds that it incited violence.http://www.thirdage.com/news/israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters_05-15-2011?page=2 Israeli Troops Clash with Palestinian Protesters Thirdage.com 2011-05-15 2013-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040127/http://www.thirdage.com/news/israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters_05-15-2011?page=2 2011-06-11 dead Kevin Flower http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/29/palestinian.facebook/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD Facebook page supporting Palestinian intifada pulled down Articles.cnn.com 2011-03-29 2013-10-02 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110624035859/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-29/world/palestinian.facebook_1_facebook-page-social-media-website-incites-violence?_s=PM%3AWORLD 2011-06-24 The page called for mass marches to Palestine from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan to commemorate the Nakba and demand the right of return for all Palestinian refugees.http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/11737/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptians-call-for-a-march-to-Palestine-on-Nakba-d.aspx Egyptians to mark Nakba with a march to Palestine English.ahram.org.eg 2011-05-09 2013-10-02 Egypt thumb|Free Palestine rally in Cairo thumb|An Egyptian burning an Israeli flag during a Nakba Day protest at the Israeli embassy in Cairo, 2011 May 15 Organizers in Egypt had been preparing for weeks to implement the plans for a mass march to the border. In addition to demanding the right of return for Palestinian refugees, several demands specific to Egypt were added by Cairo organizers, including the opening of the Rafah border on a permanent basis, the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian jails, and an end to the export of Egyptian gas to Israel and all other "humiliating agreements with the Zionist state". On the Friday (May 13) before Nakba Day, thousands demonstrated in Cairo's Tahrir Square in solidarity with Palestinians (and Copts). On Saturday, thousands were planning to make their way toward the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip in convoys set to depart from Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Damietta, North Sinai. Gharbiya, Beni Suef, Assiut, Qena and Sohag. However, an order from the Supreme Council of Armed Forces to tourism companies not to send buses to the convoy organizers left them without sufficient transportation and the few buses they did manage to procure were stopped by the army. The blockage of access by Egyptian forces to the Sinai Peninsula, meant that only about 80 activists managed to reach the border with Rafah.Egyptians rally at Rafah for Palestinian rights https://web.archive.org/web/20140312025046/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=387910 2014-03-12 . Ma'an News Agency. 2011-05-15. At the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on May 15, thousands gathered for a demonstration. Individuals tried to break into the building, but were dispersed by Egyptian security forces using tear gas and live fire. Some 353 protesters were injured and 180 arrested.Rights organization urges release of Nakba protesters. Al-Masry Al-Youm. 2011-05-17. At least two of the wounded had been shot in head and chest by Egyptian forces, and at least two of those arrested were well known for their tweets during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Israel On 15 May, about 25 Arab-Israeli students gathered near Avivim alongside the border with Lebanon to commemorate Nakba Day. Israeli police ordered them to leave the area. A female attorney among the protesters asked why and was slapped by an Israeli police commander. The protesters said they could not leave immediately because they were waiting for their bus to arrive, and that they were attacked by security forces who fired tear gas. Israeli authorities said the group had no permit to protest and that the area had been declared a closed military zone because of the escalating border disturbances. A police statement said when they refused to leave, reasonable force was used to remove them, and eight people were arrested.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069475,00.html Watch: Police commander slaps Arab protester Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Magnezi Aviel Jordan In Jordan, 200 Palestinian students attempted to march towards the Israeli border, but were stopped by Jordanian security forces. Six people were injured.Muir, Jim. Palestinian protests: Arab spring or foreign manipulation?. BBC News. 2011-05-15. They were part of a larger group of 500 who were stopped at the Allenby Bridge. Jordanian authorities said a total of 25 people were injured, including 11 police officers. The political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front, condemned police actions which they described as "shocking" stating: "We condemn the attack, which is part of government policies to impose its will on the people, and we demand an end to such policies that have harmed Jordan's image."Jordan police say 25 hurt in Nakba clashes https://web.archive.org/web/20130514074625/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=388312 2013-05-14 . Ma'an News Agency. 2011-05-16. Lebanon In Lebanon, activists had organized an event on a mountaintop in the village of Maroun al-Ras that overlooks the border with Israel. Some 30,000 people, including Palestinian refugees from various Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon attended.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/May-17/Palestinian-refugee-camps-bury-Nakba-martyrs.ashx#axzz1Mp1xlw2c Palestinian refugee camps bury Nakba martyrs Dailystar.com.lb 2011-05-17 2013-10-02 After walking up the mountain to the protest site, many decided to descend the opposite side, and continued on towards the border. Lebanese Army soldiers fired into the air in a failed effort to deter them.https://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/05/israel Israel: Unrest on the borders The Economist 15 May 2011 16 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519061435/https://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/05/israel 19 May 2011 live Crossing through a minefield that was laid by Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War, they reached the border fence, and threw stones over it, chanting for their right of return.In Pictures: Nakba day violence on the Israel-Lebanon border http://english.aljazeera.net/photo_galleries/middleeast/2011516141741145621.html Al Jazeera English Eleven Palestinian refugees were killed and 100 injured by gunfire before the protesters retreated. Media reported that the protesters were shot by the IDF. The IDF said most of those killed were likely shot by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and that they had a video that established this, but would not release it on the grounds that it might cause embarrassment to the Lebanese Army.Katz Yaakov https://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=220904 IDF withholds video of Lebanese firing on protesters Jpost.com 2011-05-17 2013-10-02 Palestinian territories thumb|Palestinians throwing rocks while taking cover behind an ambulance at Qalandiya On 13 May, protests took place throughout the West Bank, primarily at the weekly Friday protests against the separation fence. Near Nabi Salih, dozens of Palestinians, Israeli leftists, and foreign activists clashed with IDF forces who said they were dispersed for throwing stones. Protestors reported 10 injuries. Similar protests took place in Na'alin and Umm Salamuna, south of Bethlehem, where six were arrested and the area sealed off by the IDF. A protest was also held near Bil'in.https://www.ynetnews.com/category/13341 ynetnews - sorry page ynetnews Palestinian demonstrators marched on the Qalandia checkpoint on May 15. Organizers had previously convened seminars on strategies for non-violent resistance to prepare for a march on the Qalandia checkpoint on May 15. Several of them were arrested by Palestinian Authority police in the month before the protest date. Representatives from Bi'lin, Nil'in and Nabi Salih, villages known for their grassroots weekly protests against the separation barrier, attended the protest which began at around 10:30am on May 15. More than 1,000 protestors marched through the Qalandia refugee camp until they reached within 100 meters of the checkpoint, where Israeli forces used tear gas to disperse them.Kieron Monks http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/201151611522564602.html Green shoots emerge at Qalandia checkpoint English.aljazeera.net 2013-10-02Donnison Jon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13417788 Palestinians emboldened by Arab Spring Bbc.co.uk 2011-05-16 2013-10-02 A standoff ensued that lasted more than seven hours between Israeli soldiers and around 100 Palestinian protesters who threw stones as Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Israeli undercover officers in plain clothes carrying pistols ran into the crowd from time to time and made arrests. In several incidents, Palestinians took cover behind ambulances while throwing rocks.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144186 Camera Doesn't Lie: Attackers Hide Behind Ambulances Israel National News 2011-05-18 More than 80 Palestinians, including three paramedics, were injured, and 20 were hospitalized. Dr. Sami Dar Nakhla said the IDF was using a new form of toxic tear gas that caused seizures and unconsciousness, and remarked that the last time he saw so many casualties in one day was during the Second Intifada. Between 500 and 600 Palestinians marched towards the Erez crossing on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. IDF forces fired on the group intermittently over the course of several hours with tanks, machine guns, gas canisters, and sound bombs, killing one demonstrator and wounding more than 80.http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1639368.php/Israel-Syria-Lebanon-borders-calm-after-Palestinian-Nakba-protest Israel-Syria-Lebanon borders calm after Palestinian Nakba protest Monsters and Critics 1948-05-14 2011-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519234719/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1639368.php/Israel-Syria-Lebanon-borders-calm-after-Palestinian-Nakba-protest 2011-05-19 dead The IDF said that it fired at the legs of protestors approaching the fence. The wounded included 31 children and 3 journalists who attended the march.dhyams https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/025/2011/en/ Israeli military's killing of Nakba protesters must be investigated Amnesty.org 2011-05-13 2013-10-02 A group of youth under the age of 18 who approached the fence were fired upon by a tank, wounding 15. A group of Palestinian women also came to the site to throw stones. Hamas, which governs the territory, reportedly asked protesters to withdraw from the border.Palestinians killed in 'Nakba' clashes. Al-Jazeera English. 2011-05-15. In a separate incident, Israeli troops killed 17-year-old Khamis Salah Mesleh Habeeb in the "buffer zone" at the Israel-Gaza Strip border near the Nahal Oz crossing. The IDF said that troops opened fire on a Palestinian man they suspected of placing explosives on the Israel-Gaza Strip border fence near Nahal Oz.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068838,00.html Gaza: Dozens hurt by IDF fire - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Greenberg Hanan Syria In Syria, the demonstrations were organized by phone and Internet by Palestinian refugees, most of them university students independent of any political faction, in response to the call for a "Third Palestinian Intifada" on Facebook.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hORDwISozjMd3J4mnoJRPRbpY9vA?docId=CNG.24720c3e4e4b36a7a28281c90f818eda.281 https://web.archive.org/web/20140131025725/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hORDwISozjMd3J4mnoJRPRbpY9vA?docId=CNG.24720c3e4e4b36a7a28281c90f818eda.281 dead January 31, 2014 Shot Palestinian youth proud of Golan protest 2011-05-18 2013-10-02 Demonstrators gathered near the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line waving Palestinian flags. The first wave of demonstrators was stopped by Syrian police, who were later overtaken when a second group arrived. About 1,000 demonstrators approached the fence, and some 300 children among them, rushed toward the fence. Some managed to breach the border and enter the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The sole Israeli military patrol present was overwhelmed and opened fire on the demonstrators, who threw stones at Israeli troops.http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=46168 'They crossed minefields,' Golan residents marvel Middle-east-online.com 2011-05-17 2013-10-02 2011-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110808050113/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=46168 dead Four demonstrators were killed and dozens injured. The dead were Palestinian refugees: Qais Abu Alheija from Houd, Bashar Ali Shahabi from Lubya, Samer Khartabeel from Tiberias, and Abadah Zaghmout from Safsaf.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/19/nakba-day-palestinian-summer Nakba day: we waited 63 years for this Guardian 2011-05-19 2013-10-02 London Karma Nabulsi Two demonstrators were arrested and detained, but were returned to Syria. About a dozen Israeli soldiers injured by stone-throwing during the clashes, and suffered mild-to-moderate injuries. Among the injured was the Israeli commander, Colonel Eshkol Shukrun, who was hit in the face. More than a hundred demonstrators managed to bypass the fence and enter the Arab Druze town of Majdal Shams.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069033,00.html IDF says handled border breach well ynet 15 May 2011 Greenberg Hanan Arens Moshe https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-unprepared-for-syria-border-breach-despite-intelligence-tips-1.362173 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519083608/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-unprepared-for-syria-border-breach-despite-intelligence-tips-1.362173 dead May 19, 2011 IDF unprepared for Syria border breach, despite intelligence tips Haaretz.com 2011-05-17 2013-10-02 Arab residents of the Golan Heights, many of whom still hold Syrian citizenship, had gathered near the fence when they heard shots, and welcomed those who entered Majdal Shams, offering them food and drink. The demonstrators eventually headed back to Syria after negotiations, and police combed the area for any additional infiltrators. At least one demonstrator, Hassan Hijazi, a 28-year-old Palestinian refugee, managed to hitch a ride to central Israel with Israeli and French Arab peace activists, and reached Tel Aviv by bus, even sitting alongside Israeli soldiers. After finding his old family home in Jaffa, he turned himself in at a police station, saying he had fulfilled a lifelong ambition.Blomfield Adrian https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8524356/Israel-braced-for-further-Palestinian-protests.html Israel braced for further Palestinian protests Telegraph.co.uk 2011-05-19 2013-10-02 London Other Nakba Day events Israel and the Palestinian territories On 13 May, Palestinian residents in Jerusalem clashed with Israeli security forces, throwing stones and molotov cocktails. One demonstrator, Milad Sayyid Ayyash, was shot in the Silwan neighborhood either by Israeli security forces or a private security guard, and died in hospital the following day. About 30 demonstrators and four police officers and gendarmes were injured during the clashes, and 70 Palestinians were arrested. On 14 May, a funeral procession for Milad Sayyid Ayyash passed through Silwan, where some participants threw stones at Jewish homes. Palestinians also threw stones at police and vehicles sporting Israeli flags for independence day throughout east Jerusalem. Five police officers were injured by stone-throwing, and one was hospitalized. Security forces arrested 13 Palestinians. In the Arab-Israeli city of Qalansawe, residents also threw stones at police.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068533,00.html 'Nakba Day' rioters throw stones at police - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Efraim Omri At least 1,000 Arabs and Jews from across Israel attended a procession in Jaffa, marching down Jaffa's main street to a park in the Ajami neighborhood, where a rally and concert by Arab-Israeli hip-hop group DAM was held. The demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and signs, and loudly chanted pro-Palestinian, Arab nationalist, and anti-Israel slogans. There was a very small police presence, and no counter-protests. Police blocked traffic from reaching the demonstration. However, a minor incident took place prior to the demonstration when a group of protesters arrived at the promenade in Tel Aviv and left their bus while waving Palestinian flags, prompting passerby to spit on and curse them. The protesters responded with slurs and returned to the bus.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068464,00.html Hundreds mark 'Nakba Day' in Jaffa - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Shaalan Hassan thumb|Israeli soldiers and Palestinian demonstrators in Al-Arroub On May 15, hundreds of Palestinians clashed with IDF and police forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint and throughout Jerusalem, with dozens hurling stones. Four police officers were lightly injured in several incidents. Three molotov cocktails were also thrown at the back gate of Hadassah Hospital at Mount Scopus. Security forces responded with crowd-control measures, and arrested 36 protesters. Several were arrested by undercover officers. Israeli authorities closed off the Old City in Jerusalem to prevent large rallies. Shop owners in the Muslim and Christian Quarters closed down their shops in observance of a strike to commemorate Nakba Day. Three Palestinians were arrested in the Old City after they threatened local business owners to participate in the strike.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068783,00.html Palestinian mark 'Nakba Day' Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Levy Elior http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068874,00.html IDF, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Levy Elior At 12pm, a 63-second siren was sounded throughout the West Bank to commemorate 63 years since the Nakba. In Ramallah's Al-Manara Square, a gathering organized by the Palestinian Authority to commemorate Nakba Day was attended by thousands of people who waved Palestinian flags and black flags, burned Israeli flags, and watched concerts. At another rally for thousands staged near the tomb of late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, the PLO's head of refugees' affairs made a speech vowing the refugees' right of return would not be abandoned by the Palestinian leadership. At the entrance of nearby Birzeit University, Palestinian students burned tires and pelted Israeli soldiers manning the 'Atara checkpoint with stones. Israeli troops responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas canisters, injuring 30 protesters according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.More than 100 injured in West Bank Nakba protests https://web.archive.org/web/20141030152751/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=387899 2014-10-30 . Ma'an News Agency. 2011-05-15. About 100 residents of Hebron released 200 black balloons to commemorate the Nakba in the center of the city in a rally organized by Fatah. Israeli forces dispersed the demonstrators. Ten demonstrators were injured, and a further 18 suffered from tear gas inhalation. While the demonstration was taking place, Israeli settlers from Kiryat Arba threw four molotov cocktails at a Hebron home while 30 family members and European observes were inside. In nearby Al-Fawwar refugee camp, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian protesters, where six suffered from tear gas inhalation.Hebron: Settlers set fire to homes as residents mark Nakba https://web.archive.org/web/20130514080126/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=387975 2013-05-14 . Ma'an News Agency. 2011-05-15. Palestinians also demonstrated near the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion. Palestinian Authority security forces arrested some demonstrators, while allowing other protests to go unhindered.Hasson Nir https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-protesters-clash-with-israeli-forces-on-nakba-day-1.361793 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516021206/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-protesters-clash-with-israeli-forces-on-nakba-day-1.361793 dead May 16, 2011 Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces on Nakba Day - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Haaretz.com 2011-05-14 2011-05-18 Following the events of Nakba Day, Palestinian factions in the West Bank called for a two-hour general strike to mourn demonstrators killed.Monday strike called to mourn Nakba fallen https://web.archive.org/web/20130730145835/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=387980 2013-07-30 . Ma'an News Agency. 2011-05-15. Tel Aviv truck attack Around 9:30 in the morning, an Israeli man was killed and 17 people were injured when Islam Issa, an Israeli-Arab truck driver from Kafr Qasim, rammed several vehicles along a 2 km mi us highway section along Bar-Lev Street in Tel Aviv. The police stated that the truck hit 15 vehicles before crashing into an empty school bus. According to a witness, Issa left the truck, shouting something that may have been "Allahu Akbar" and hitting a young girl in the head with a traffic light. Issa was arrested and indicted.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4068672,00.html Suspected terror attack in TA; 1 dead - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2011-05-18 Zitun Yoaz Issa stated that the ramming occurred because of a punctured tire and denied intending to harm anyone.2011-06-09 Driver in Suspected Nakba Day Terror Attack Indicted for Murder https://www.haaretz.com/2011-06-09/ty-article/driver-in-suspected-nakba-day-terror-attack-indicted-for-murder/0000017f-dc13-db5a-a57f-dc7b7a320000 Haaretz Issa was tried in the Tel Aviv District Court on one count of murder, six counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and endangering human lives. On July 19, 2012, he was found guilty, with the judges ruling unanimously.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4257851,00.html TA Nakba day rampage driver convicted - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 19 July 2012 2013-10-02 Cohen-Freidman Naama On November 14, 2012, Issa was sentenced to life imprisonment and an additional 40 years. He was also ordered to pay NIS 258,000 to the family of the man killed, and an additional NIS 230,000 to the rest of the victims.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4305249,00.html 'Nakba Day' rampage driver gets life in prison - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Cohen-Friedman Naama According to The Jerusalem Post, this was one of a small cluster of vehicle-ramming attacks in Israel in this period, including the 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, the 2008 Jerusalem BMW attack and the 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack.Lappin Yaakov Background: Ramming Terror Attacks in Recent Years https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Background-Ramming-terror-attacks-in-recent-years 1 October 2017 The Jerusalem Post 29 August 2011 Reactions Israel stated the demonstrators committed a "serious" incursion, arguing that "Syria is a police state. Demonstrators do not randomly approach the border without the prior approval of the central government", and that the demonstrations were an "Iranian provocation, on both the Syrian and the Lebanese frontiers, to try to exploit the Nakba day commemorations."Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters. BBC News. 2011-05-15. Israel filed a complaint against Syria and Lebanon to the United Nations, citing violations of its borders with alleged backing from the Syrian authorities. JTA Israel files complaint with U.N. over border infiltrations https://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/05/16/3087705/israel-files-complaint-with-un-over-border-infiltrations JTA 2011-05-16 2011-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110517220146/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/05/16/3087705/israel-files-complaint-with-un-over-border-infiltrations 2011-05-17 dead Iran urged the United Nations to take "serious and firm action" against "the Zionist regime's recent criminal actions and the killing of the regional countries' people", that the killing of people staging peaceful demonstrations added another "black stain" on the "ignominious record of the Zionist regime", and that it added to Israel's "long list of crimes".http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=241002 Iran urges intl. Response to Israel atrocities on Nakba Day 18 May 2011 Lebanon filed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over the "killing and wounding of civilians", claiming that Israel's actions constituted a "hostile act" and a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and United Nations Resolutions, urging the Security Council to pressure Israel to stop its "hostile and provocative policies against Lebanon" and to "hold it accountable for killing civilians".http://www.france24.com/en/20110517-israel-lebanon-make-rival-un-protests-over-clashes# Israel, Lebanon make rival UN protests over clasheshttp://www.jpost.com Lebanon complaint to UN: Israel attack was a hostile act Jpost.com 2013-06-20 2013-10-02 Syria condemned Israel, referring to its actions as "criminal activities". The Syrian Foreign Ministry said that Israel "will have to bear full responsibility" for its actions, calling on the international community to hold Israel responsible, and claiming that the "popular Palestinian struggle" was a result of Israel's "continuous disregard" of international institutions and "plunder" of Palestinian "rights and lands".http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069005,00.html Syria: Israel's actions criminal - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Syria filed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council, urging it to "take responsibility and put pressure on Israel to stop its aggressive and provocative policy towards Lebanon".http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069408,00.html Israel files complaint against Syria, Lebanon - Israel News, Ynetnews Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 1995-06-20 2013-10-02 Greenberg Hanan The United Kingdom expressed deep concerns and called on all parties to exercise restraint and protect civilian life in a statement released by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The statement also said that "these developments make clearer than ever that a lasting and comprehensive resolution to the conflicts in the region is urgently needed and will only be achieved through negotiation".http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=596269382 Announcements - GOV.UK Fco.gov.uk 2013-10-02 2020-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20200823113313/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=596269382 dead The United States expressed regret for the deaths, but that Israel had a right to secure its borders and its neighbors had a responsibility to prevent such activities, and urged maximum restraint. The United States also accused Syria of deliberately provoking Israel to distract attention from the government crackdowns on civilian protestors in Syria. USA Today White House calls Syrian actions 'unacceptable' http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/obama-white-house-calls-syrian-actions-unacceptable/1?sms_ss=gmail&at_xt=4dd2ccd9b01e9d4c%2C0 USA Today 2011-05-17 2011-05-17 References 2 External links "Nakba - Everything you need to know about Nakba Day Nakba Day Nakba Day Nakba Day Nakba Day Category:Nakba