Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas in Gaza, told thousands of worshippers on Sunday May 15th to pray for the end of Israel, adding:
“Palestinians mark the Naqba with great hope of bringing to an end the Zionist project in Palestine.”
In a coordinated multi-front assault from Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, and Lebanon, tens of thousands of Arab protesters heeded the Hamas terrorist’s call. Marking Palestinian Nakba Day (the day of the “catastrophe,” as they like to refer to the day of Israel’s creation), they streamed en masse to Israel’s various borders, intending to infiltrate the Jewish State and wreak havoc.
As many as 1,000 busloads of Lebanese and Palestinians living in Lebanon descended on the Israeli frontier where mobs began hurling rocks over the border. Carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “we want our land back,” many protesters approached the electric fence that separates Lebanon from Israel.
Lebanese army troops tried but failed to quell the violence, shooting in the air and ordering the protesters away from the fence. The protesters pelted the Lebanese troops with stones and then turned their fury on Israeli soldiers who were maintaining defensive positions on the Israeli side of the fence.
Some protesters succeeded in breaching Israel’s border and entered Israel illegally despite attempts by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at first to use non-lethal force to stop them and contain the mob violence. However, IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai confirmed that IDF troops did ultimately open fire at the large crowd of protesters who approached the border with Israel, resulting in at least four protesters’ deaths.
Some 20,000 Syrians also tried to enter Israeli territory. Presumably frustrated with their inability to bring down their own despot whose regime has killed hundreds of unarmed Syrian dissidents, they decided to turn their anger on Israel.
“This appears to be a cynical and transparent act by the Syrian leadership to deliberately create a crisis on the border so as to distract attention from the very real problems that the regime is facing at home,” a senior Israeli government official who declined to be named was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Four people were reportedly shot dead by Israel Defense Forces troops trying to defend the Israeli side of Syria’s southern border with Israel.
“IDF forces opened fire in order to prevent the violent rioters from illegally infiltrating Israeli territory. A number of rioters have infiltrated and are violently rioting in the village. From initial reports there are dozens of injured that are receiving medical care in a nearby hospital,” said an IDF spokesman.
In Qalandia, a main Israel-West Bank crossing near Ramallah, some 600 Palestinians were violently rioting, hurling rocks and setting fires, Israel Radio reported. This follows riots in East Jerusalem over the weekend.
Thirteen IDF soldiers were wounded during the course of the Palestinian Nakba Day riots and encroachments across Israel’s borders.
Considering the violent provocations and illegal incursions into Israel on multiple fronts that heightened terrorist threats inside Israel, the IDF forces showed remarkable restraint – opening fire only as a last resort in self-defense. The deaths are tragic, but the Palestinians’ violence set the chain of events in motion that led to those deaths and many injuries.
Not surprisingly, the United Nations continues to blame Israel for whatever harm befalls the Palestinians.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on all parties to show restraint, but then linked the violence to the “the unsustainable status quo in the Arab-Israeli conflict.” He stressed in his statement concerning the Palestinian riots that there must be “an end to occupation, an end to conflict, and a just and agreed solution to the plight of Palestinian refugees.”
This marks the end of times. Prepare The Way The Messiah is coming!!!
I LOVE ISRAEL and I weep for all the children of Abraham who have forgotten they are brothers and sisters. I pray to G-d for that we all re-member that we are ONE.
Shekinah
My daughter is proud of my son
They imagine a wall
To cover her face with a shroud
Hear the conversation
Jerusalem will never fall
It will not be allowed
I Am
I Am G-d of all
Lila Joy.
"there must be an end to occupation (by Israel), an end to conflict, and a just and agreed solution to the plight of Palestinian refugees.” said Ban Ki Moon.
In other words, he's saying, "Israel, get out! You don't belong there. You're the occupiers."
"Palestinian refugees", my ass. There is no plight other than their own ceated plight.
I have a suggestion for Moon…"GET OUT of the UN!".
"a just and agreed solution to the plight of Palestinian refugees".
I wonder if the Israelis have the power and resources to manage this without committing suicide ? I think they don't have that power or ability.
The Palestinians are a very sad lot, pretty much created by the UNRWA arm of the UN. They are going to do what with the land if they ever got it? Nothing, Do they bring anything beneficial to mankind? No, only bitterness and anger. Abbas has refered to the rioters as "martyrs." But it's an axiomatic fact he is a liar who's been able to create a terrific PR campaign designed to destroy Israel. It's time to stop using diplomacy and rubber bullets. Don't concern yourself with their lives. They'll only produce more hate filled children. They can't seem to do anything else. But, call your congressmen and complain because our gov't is using our military to train the PA. So Obama is supporting Hamas and the PA.
Interestingly, before the Arabs took over the area it was very fertile farmland. There was a system of irrigation and the land exported large quantities of wheat. It was a 'breadbasket' region helping to feed other countries.
Since the Arabs took over, the irrigation system was destroyed and the country became unable to support 10% of its earlier population.
Now that the Israelis again run things the population is up and the country again helps feed others as a food exporter.
"The Arab is not the child of the desert, he is its father", Churchill ?