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Israel soldiers fire at Palestinian protesters on ‘Nakba’ day, 17 wounded

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17 people have been wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire during the Naqba commemoration rallies.
17 people have been wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire during the Naqba commemoration rallies.

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank on Friday, wounding at least 17 people, medics and security sources said.

Clashes took place near Ramallah and farther north in Nablus, after a new Israeli cabinet took office and as Palestinians marked 67 years since the “Nakba”, or “catastrophe” that befell them when Israel was established in 1948.

At a demonstration outside Ofer military prison near Ramallah, dozens of protesters threw stones at soldiers who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, an AFP correspondent said.

Medics said seven Palestinians were wounded.

In separate clashes earlier in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, rubber bullets and live fire by soldiers wounded at least 10 Palestinians, security sources and witnesses said.

The Israeli army confirmed the clashes, but denied that live rounds were fired.

More than 1,000 settlers from nearby Jewish settlements were bused into the city to visit Joseph’s Tomb early in the day, and soldiers blocked off roads leading to the pilgrimage site, Palestinian witnesses and security sources said.

Palestinians protested, some throwing stones, before clashes with the army erupted.

A spokeswoman for the military said soldiers had “escorted” up to 3,000 Jewish visitors to the tomb since Wednesday evening, and that a crowd of some 200 Palestinians had approached the area throwing stones and burning tyres.

Soldiers used “riot dispersal” means, she said.

The clashes took place after Israel formed a new rightwing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

ramallah nablus west bankPalestinian officials have said the new lineup pushes the prospects of peace farther away than ever.

More than 760,000 Palestinians — estimated today to number around 5.5 million with their descendants — fled or were driven from their homes in 1948, with the Nakba marked every May 15.

For the Palestinians, the right to return to homes they fled or were forced out of is a prerequisite for any peace agreement with Israel, but it is a demand the Jewish state has rejected out of hand.

The Guardian

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20 responses to “Israel soldiers fire at Palestinian protesters on ‘Nakba’ day, 17 wounded”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Yes, Yes … Great Ideas always …. Bus those ‘wonderful settlers’ in for the Nakbah … a sure way to emulate a Geller Cartoon Experience …Give them ‘Royal Access’ on parade routes … they all want to say prayers for the refugees of the world, and why not on an anniversary date, after all, even if it’s the anniversary of a funeral.
    Get ‘In The Faces’ of the aggrieved to show them someone thinks of them … at special moments.
    It’s a religious concept.

    Only 7 months to the ‘Christmas Tree’ moments here. And can we say ‘Merry’??

    1. vs Avatar
      vs

      You just must be hostile and falsificating if facts connected to jews, Israel, “Zionism”

      1. Hend Abyad Avatar
        Hend Abyad

        You’re so bright.. Nature doesn’t falsify the facts connected to Zionists crimes, nature’s crime and punishment will come, if God chose Zionists it must be Lucifer

        http://rt.com/news/242929-dead-sea-sinkholes-israel/

        1. vs Avatar
          vs

          It has been around for nearly 20,000 years, You are just Israel hater

          1. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Exactly right..till Israel ruined the Holly Land.

        2. Andre Avatar
          Andre

          That’s actually funny.

    2. Hend Abyad Avatar
      Hend Abyad

      Excuse me YaLibnan-Glenfidish? It’s upside down.. cook was first comment you were second, when i came this morning.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Hind … the world is upside down … what can I tell you?
        (I also note that ‘software’ reshuffles the deck when we sleep … it’s an amusing algorithm.)
        (Would you like to torture my nipples?)

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          BY the way, Hind …. I found a picture of our friend Geo in his youth. 😉
          That is NOT the ‘Big O’ sitting on his tummy …. it was an earlier beast.
          However, we do know the parrot … they live a hell of a long time. :-)))

          1. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Absolutely wonderful picture :)) He looks happier than me in my childhood.. i hated living in boarding schools.

  2. cook2half Avatar
    cook2half

    Shoot the terrorists.

    1. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      Go ahead and shoot yourself then.

      1. cook2half Avatar
        cook2half

        Fuck you.

        Hey are you gonna fast during the month of lie? lol

        1. man-o-war Avatar
          man-o-war

          Haha, I wouldn’t fuck you with dorons dick. Nasty POS!

          1. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            The humidity in Florida is affecting you.

  3. Rudy1947 Avatar
    Rudy1947

    “as Palestinians marked 67 years since the “Nakba”, or “catastrophe” that befell them when Israel was established in 1948.”

    The Arabs should taken the opportunity to build a nation rather than telling Arabs to leave and smite those dasterdly Jews.

    1. man-o-war Avatar
      man-o-war

      Uh huh, thanks for that wonderful insight. Never take responsibility and always blame others. Its all the Arabs fault. Poor little Israel, so weak and defenseless surrounded by a sea of Arabs. Nobody is buying that shit anymore.

    2. Niemals Avatar
      Niemals

      Those 62 people killed in clashes along the Gaza border on May 14 2018 were unnecessary deaths, part of the Nakba culture the Palestinians have been adopting for 70 years now.

      Today we know that 50 were from Hamas.

      There was a Nakba, its undeniable.
      Palestine’s Arabs underwent an expulsion.

      Tens of millions around the world, went and still going through a similar expulsion, including Jews.
      But the Palestinians are the only ones who have adopted an ethos of rejection-ism, self-victimization, suffering and death.
      They aren’t looking for their own good, like Palestine’s Arabs that stayed in Israel.
      They have become addicted to a Nakba which is fully self-made, from its inception to this very day.

      Still today I cant figure how come that so many of Palestine’s Arabs stayed in the new created Jewish state.
      The Arabs should toke the opportunity to build a future in Israel

  4. vs Avatar
    vs

    Swiss pilot presented a video on the jetpack flight over Dubai http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/watch-pilots-jetpacks-fly-dubai-article-1.2219105

  5. Niemals Avatar
    Niemals

    Hindler picks the raisins from the cake in order https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d81cfa18c61aeb9bbe7875df8d93108c672b15752fcaaf4921b6af8fc25457ce.jpg to give a different taste for The March of the Nations.

    At the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of #Israel, Christians from all over the world marched in #Jerusalem to support Israel. https://twitter.com/OnlineMagazin/status/997073351511232512

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