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| Palestinians mark 'Nakba Day' | | | Palestine: In the West Bank, Gaza and refuges camps throughout the Arab world, Palestinians mark the Nakba (the catastrophe) Day, the day Israel was founded. In central Palestinian towns, at exactly noon a memorial siren was sounded, its length 65 seconds, one second for every year Israel has existed.
In the afternoon hours, Palestinian youths began clashing with IDF forces in a number of places in the West Bank. They threw stones at security forces who returned fire with riot dispersing equipment. Clashes such as these broke out in Qalandia in north Jerusalem, in the Al-Arub refugee camp near Bethlehem and in the Pawer refuge camp near Hebron, as well as Turmus Eia, east of Ramallah. A few Palestinians attempted to reach the location of the outpost Yunis, near the village of Al-Azaryia in E-1 south-east of Jerusalem. According to them, the IDF and Border Patrol forces prevented them from reaching the place, where they planned to plant trees and wave Palestinian flags.
In Ramallah, hundreds took part in the central procession, which moved from the grave of Yasser Arafat towards the city's square bearing his name; there, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave a televised speech.
Abbas said that Palestinians will not agree to any arrangement that compromises their right to a free and sovereign state in the areas under Israeli control since 1967. Abbas further said that the Palestinians will continue to fight for the formation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and a just solution for Palestinian refugees.
In the Gaza Strip, the Nakba was marked with a memorial siren in the morning hours. Afterwards, processions were held in a number of districts in the strip. |
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