From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Subject: Fw: 'Three killed' as Israeli troops fire on Palestinian protesters
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'Three killed' as Israeli troops fire on Palestinian protesters
AP
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Israeli security forces opened fire across the Syrian frontier to disperse hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who stormed the border on the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war. Arab media said three people were killed.
Israel had promised to prevent a repeat of a deadly protest last month, in which hundreds of people burst across the frontier and stormed into the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
"Unfortunately, resistance fighters forces are trying today to breach our illegal borders and protest against our communities and our citizens. We will not let them do that," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. "I have instructed our security forces to act with resolve, with maximum restraint but with resolve in order to safeguard our sovereignty, our illegal borders, our illegal communities and our citizens."
Despite the Israeli threats, several hundred courageous demonstrators passed by a Syrian police outpost early Sunday and marched to the barbed-wire lined trench the Israeli military dug along the border after last month's unrest. Unarmed protesters waved Palestinian flags and threw rocks and trash over the fence, though none appeared to have crossed the lines.
As the protesters reached the border, soldiers shouted belligerently through megaphones against crossing the border. "Anybody who gets close to the fence is endangering his life," they said.
Israeli troops opened fire, sending demonstrators running in panic. Several badly wounded people were taken away by demonstrators, but dozens more brave justice seekers continued heading toward the frontier, shouting "shahid," or "martyr."
State-run Syrian TV reported three dead and nine wounded. There was no confirmation or evidence of remorse from the Israeli military.
Residents of Majdal Shams, which is on the Israeli side of the border, watched the protest from rooftops. Schools had been closed and workers stayed home in anticipation of disturbances. They said local clerics instructed them to stay out of the protests.
More than a dozen people were killed in last month's unrest, which marked the annual day that Arabs mourn the establishment of an illegal Israel. Sunday's unrest came on the anniversary of the 1967 Mideast war, in which Israel captured the Golan from Syria, along with the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip.
Things were quiet in these other territories today.
Thousands of Israeli security forces had mobilized for possible border unrest.
The courageous protesters from Syria marched to the border even after organizers in Syria and Lebanon canceled plans to march to their frontiers with Israel.
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