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Menahem Kahana / AFP - Getty Images
Palestinian women scuffle with Israeli policemen as they try to stop them from arresting a relative in the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya on May 15, 2012, as Palestinians took to the streets to mark Nakba day.
Palestinians held a series of events and protests Tuesday to mark the Nakba ("catastrophe") of Israel's founding in a 1948 war, when hundreds of thousands of their brethren fled or were forced to leave their homes.
On Monday, a Palestinian official said a deal had been reached with Israel to end a weeks-long high-profile hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Read an analysis of the background to the hunger strikes by NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin.
Ammar Awad / Reuters
A Palestinian suspected of throwing stones is detained by undercover Israeli police officers in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya May 15, 2012.
Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
A boy holds up a door key as Palestinians take part in a rally marking Nakba in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 15, 2012.
Abir Sultan / EPA
A Palestinian youth shoots fireworks at Israeli policemen in the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya on May 15, 2012.
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP - Getty Images
Israeli riot policemen arrest a Palestinian boy in the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya on May 15, 2012.
Mohammed Abed / AFP - Getty Images
The head of Gaza's Hamas government, Ismail Haniya (blue polo shirt), takes part in a marathon in Gaza City on May 15, 2012 to mark Nakba day.
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we r enjoying our freedom here in mauritius...but thnk of those who r still striving for freedom
palestinians know nothing but violence. an illegal palestinian in tel aviv raped a teenage couple in a parking lot this weekend. first he made the boyfriend rape his girlfriend, then he raped the girlfriend, locked them both in a bathroom, and took their phones so they couldnt call for help. do you hear about that in the news? no. but, israel bombs gaza in retaliation for hamas firing rockets, and its a number 1 headline. eventually the world will realize that the problem is the palestinians. hopefully all this rock throwing will at least get them to open their eyes a bit.
"Israeli riot policemen arrest a Palestinian boy in the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya on May 15, 2012." Really? Where are the handcuffs, restraints? Looks more like they are leading a poor boy to safety. Love the propaganda.
iknowzero - amen! just like this headline "palestinians clash with israeli police during protests..." how about a real headline "israelis defend themselves from more unnecessary palestinian riots."
Those guys running the marathon look starving and underfed.
There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All nonsense.
There are at least 30 other regions in the world with much larger problems that Gaza. Health and malnutrition statistics show that the West Bank and Gaza are very comparable to the rest of the Arab world.
If you give any sort of charity to humanitarian groups working in Gaza, I would advise you to re-direct your money to any one of a number of regions that actually need it. Those regions just don't get as much attention b/c they aren't political hotspots. But g-d knows they need the aid more than these lazy jokers in the West Bank and Gaza.
shocker
I feel for the Palestinians in some respect. They are a people without a place in the World.....but their actions and speak louder than their words. You cannot celebrate a violent time with more acts of violence. 1948 ? Most of the people involved are dead or dying and no accord has been reached. I blame both sides.....It is high time that this issue is put to rest......
Well stated.
They have a place in the world - Egypt, Jordan and Syria. There were never any "Palestinians" to begin with, they just conveniently appeared after the failed Arab attempt to destroy Israel in 1948.
Now, about every Arab country in the world refusing to take them by order of the Arab league... Though to be them.
No, they aren't dead and equating the violence of The Palestinians to what the Israeli Gov't has done is just ludicrous. The truth is coming out and to which is why Israel wants another war on the from of Iran so as to have the news deflected from Palestine and to re-claim their victim-hood status. I support whatever rocks or rockets they launch as they amount to little more than m-80 firecrackers we love to fire off on The 4th of July.
Christy,
Why don't you do some research on how the Palestinians are treated by their brother in Lebanon, living in tents for 30 years, no education, no medical, no passage to citizenship, etc. They choose to live in Israel over Lebanon. Also do some research on Black October when the Jordanians killed over 10,000 in one day and evicted them from the country after they tried to overthrow the King.
These poor people are used as pawns by their leadership so their leaders can live in luxury like Arafat's family who used to live in Paris.
Christy, I wish you the same fate as your "Palestinian" friends.
May you find a good Muslim leader that will help you with your ambition of blind hatred. :)
@christyelmasri
love to have some of whatever it was you smoked prior to posting such drivel
Most of the people posting here are a prime example of why this issue persists ......zero compromise .......Zero !
Sorry but Israel left Gaza and in the West Bank the Fatah government decided to work with the Israeli government and has had amazing growth. They had a GDP growth of around 8% last year, with five star hotels opening and apartments being built, and people working. There are industrial zones in the West Bank where the people there produce items for sale in Israel with no tax.
The squatters also known as Palestinians , are useful puppets for the various terrorist groups , all muslim , to kill the rightful owners of that land as well as the rest of Israel . And , notice , they kill women and children using women and children while hiding behind women and children .
The Israeli gov't and Hamas are both undermining the peace in the region, that most of the population wants!!!
What about the persecution, rapes, forced conversion perpetuated by muslims on religious minorities in muslim majority countries ?
The only catastrophe is in 1948 and against of most world opinion,the Arabs rejected partition for their own state along side Israel.An Arab state to rlect their historical reality just as Israel reflects the historical reality of Jews who starting in the 1880's began retirning to their homeland,In 1948 it was recognized as a stae.. ane modern nation.so so are Iran.Syria Jordan,Iraq and many more new nation states but with historical connections.There never was a Palestinian state but with the disolution of the British Mandate they were given a state alongside Israel.They rejected it anf their program to destroy Israel andplace another state on top of it.Hardly a two state solution as the Israelis accepted.That´s the catastrophe for the Palestinians.
It sounds more like a celebration than a solemn rememberance of a tragic event, which is what the name implies. I wonder what they are celebrating! It looks more like another occasion to rub Israel's nose in their view of History. Purposely confronting Israel is not a smart move at any time! Join them at the table is a much, much better, and ultimately profitable solution!
8 deleted, Hugh Class -+- smearing all Jews. Banned, rereg of banned user Hugh Class=.
Xant responded by calling 'Muslims' 'you death-loving scums'. Also banned, recent history treaded the same line.
Tyler,
Can't you see the difference? Hugh NoClass was doing Goebbels-style Antisemitic propaganda, while Xant just stated the obvious to the oblivious.
Don't cosign what gets other users banned. Anonymous User banned. Very late trigger, but this doesn't come close to passing the Thousands Test.
Jerusalem is the Capital of the Jewish State. Jerusalem pre-dates Islam, Christianity, Alexander and Caesar.
The Arabs had a chance for peace in 1948. They gambled, and they lost.
Now, they need to try peace for a change.
Israel abandoned Gaza.
"Land for Peace".
Instead of 'peace' Israel got terror and more terror.
94% of Palestinians are Muslim and elected Hamas, an Islamic fundamentalist government, funded by Iran, sworn to never make peace with Israel but destroy it and replace it with it with an Islamic state. Both Hamas and Hezbollah are armed with thousands of rockets for the purpose of their future war to kill Jews and destroy Israel. It is incredulous that the press does not focus on this #1 issue today that is blocking peace in the Middle East. Where are the international protests and articles by the press against Palestinian Islamic extremism?!! Where are the articles highlighting Palestinian agenda of war? Israel was forced to build a wall around it to protect its citizens against Palestinian suicide bombers! Rather than focus on why Israel had to do that, they focus on its effect on Palestinians. Rather than focus on Palestinians agenda of war to destroy Israel they focus on what Israel has to do to defend itself. There really is not much difference between the international press coverage on Israel than the Nazi propaganda machine in the 1930's. Let's see the international press start focusing on Hamas and its agenda to destroy Israel. Let's see protests against Palestinians that swear to destroy Israel until they kill all the Jews and replace it with an Islamic state. Where are the reports by Leslie Stahl, Piers Morgan, Chris Matthews, NPR and all the rest of the liberal reporters on the Palestinian agenda to destroy Israel? Just hypocrites like all the press against Israel!
Go do some research before you post a huge pile of crap like that. The only defense Palestinians have is throwing rocks. Armed with thousands of rockets? That would be Israel, but good try though..... (not).
this is the perpetuated lies of Israel. lol
B and Christy,
Simple question has Hamas recognized the right of Israel to exist? I will make it easy for you the answer is no, so how can you make peace with people who do not think you should exist?
Christy, you are the reason Arabs shouldn't have Internet access.
@B-1768547
uh, you are kidding, right? if you are not, then explain how thousands of rockets have been launch from gaza over the past couple of years? that is a tough one to wrap your peabrain around, ain't it?
christy, i bet you were also one of those naive people who thought the flotilla were actually aid ships... as opposed to a turkish publicity stunt bringing weapons to hamas.
@razuhmuhtazz
Arabs and Muslims are thought to blindly hate Israel since birth. Don't be surprised when they try to alter the truth or rewrite history in their favor.
Mostly blind Israel-worshippers posting here it seems. Oh yeah, Israel can do no wrong! NOT. No other country would be allowed to practice apartheid like this--even in S Africa it was finally ended! But nobody dare criticize Israel, lest they be labelled Anti-Semite! So what if Judaism predates Islam and Christianity? That was in 3000 BC, this is now! After the Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem, that was like 75 AD or so, there was no organized Jewish gov. in the Holy Land. But it did become part of an Arab empire--remember the Crusades trying to "take it back" ?! So yes, it seems the Holy Land was under Arab rule and was called "Palestine" up until 1948! Any of you have a Bible that was printed back in the 1930s or 40s or even 50s? If you ever looked at the maps in the back, you'll notice the name "Palestine" for the Holy Land.
Lynda,
Israel can do much wrong and they are criticized when they do.
The area was called Palestine but never a country with that name until the end of World Was I when the Ottoman Empire sided with the losing party. The land was then taken over by the British and it was then that most of the countries of the Middle East we formed including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc. but you seem only concerned about the formation of Israel.
In 1948 the United Nations created the land of Israel and Palestine but while Israel accepted it the Palestinians refused so they gave up their rights for their country.
You're quite incorrect.
Do a bit of research on the term 'Palestine'.
And, if you look at a map of the region prior to 1967, you will see that Gaza was Egypt, and the West Bank was Jordan.
No such nation as "Palestine". No currency, government, armed forces, GDP or anything else that true nations possess.
@lyndaAZ
so, if the pro-israel crowd are simply blind israeli worshippers, then what are those on here who support the "pali cause?"
they are not blind supporters?
what a joke, as you don't even have the slightest notion of the history prior to and post israeli statehood, as evidenced your crackpipe post.
No, they are just realistic. Dude, Palestine isn't even a country anymore. Israel is a very wealthy country. Do the math, who could do more damage to the other?
Turn off Fox news and go do some research.
A pity these people cannot have any type of protest without violence.
And, MSNBC stirs the pot with their anti-Israel 'slide show'.
Looks like MSNBC won't be happy until all of the Jews in the region are dead.
simply put, they are surrounded at all angles and are not allowed to be peaceful......ever wonder what it would be like to have an assault rifle times 4-or more shoved into your face, not allowed to go to work or go anywhere without an IDF Soldier taunting you and yours?
Christy,
One of the sides they are surrounded by is their Egyptian brothers who have built a wall and do not let them enter. I would also add that the Israeli army does not patrol Gaza, that is left to the Hamas police so you are wrong again.
It is Israel that is surrounded on all sides by the enemy, try doing a little research on Humus and the stock pile of weapons they have they use unguided rockets that hit population centers. But Israel uses smart bombs to strike only insurgent strong holds.
@christy
stop playing the victim card for pete's sake! poor happless and hopeless fakestinians... oh woe is they.
ain't it so much easier to blame someone else for one's own misery?
what a flippin joke. the ONLY peoples that you have to blame for the fakestinians' mess are:
egypt, jordan, syria, the PA, the PLO, hamas, fatah, etc etc etc
when you all muzzies can get along with each other, rather than use the fakestinians and israel as the only galvanizing force that you all have to agree upon, come back to the table.
until then, you and your "brothers" (what a joke THAT term is) enjoy a nice steaming cup of "shut the blank up!"
out of curiosity, what is your stake in the pali cause? exactly what? where are your outcries against the atrocities being committed in syria, egypt, chad, sudan, congo, eritrea?
how about those being perpetrated by hamas and fatah against each other and amongst their own?
if israel were a muslim nation, and still there was the problem with the fakestinians like there is today, you wouldn't give a rat's azz about it.
it is ONLY because israel is a jewish state that you stick your nose into the business, and that makes you an ol' fashion anti-semite, and a good one at that!
Uh.. Steven.. These are pictures. Are you saying that these pictures do not depict the truth?
Also, how do you figure the Jews will be wiped out when Palestinians are throwing rocks to defend against assault-rifles?
Razuhmuhtazz - you are seriously disturbed in your head...
I see the pictures and I see Palestinians marching through the streets, running a marathon, and looking healthy. This is in opposition to Syria where the pictures are of protesters being shot and killed by their government
Why don't the Arab "Brothers" of Palestine carve off a chunk of land for the Palestinians if they are so concerned with these people having a State of their own?
By order of the Arab League, no "Palestinian" is allowed citizenship in any Arab country. It's more convenient to use them against Israel.
Because the Palis find it convenient to remain stateless refugees. In the article "U.N.'s oldest refugee camps look at sensitive upgrades" there's clear explanation why:
That's the key. Welfare is more addictive than the worst narcotics. That's the reason why they keep staying in camps and refuse to resettle in wide Arab world. In that case they would have to actually work for a living, and it's not as fun as throwing rocks at Jews and complaining to everyone willing to listen about their "plight".
Wow Anonymous User - that has to be the biggest stretch of the truth I have ever heard. They "find it more convenient to remain stateless refugees"...? It's "more fun to throw rocks at Jews and complain"... are you a heartless bastard? While Israel uses automatic weapons against rocks and fireworks - you think Palestinians are doing it because they want to?
If Mexico started taking over the United States, would you fight for your country and your people?
God, people like you need are the reason we need abortion in this world.
The true "catastrophe" for the Palestinians has been their treatment by their own leadership as well as their Arab brethren.
Hamas and Fatah and Islamic Jihad benefit from the continued refugee status of "their people". Grim conditions in refugee camps ensure a constant stream of recruits. Constant friction with Israel, which would dissipate if the refugees were able to get out of the camps, ensures that money and arms continue to flow to those who purport to be doing something.
The neighboring Arab states have had ample opportunity to settle the refugees permanently in other countries. However, giving the Palestinians citizenship elsewhere would remove the source of constant irritation and take the focus off the "struggle" against Israel. Many of the hundreds of thousands of refugees left their homes in 1948 at the urging of the Arab world - the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, etc were supposed to have the Jews floating in the Med within days of the end of the British Mandate. Sheer military incompetence has prevented them from delivering on their promises across decades of conflict and three actual shooting wars.
Once the Palestinians stop acting like sheep, and take responsibility for their own situation, instead of relying on corrupt leaders and incompetent allies, this conflict can end. And it CAN end. The Irish have stopped killing each other. The Basques have given up the struggle. Cooler heads can prevail.
to continue .cut off ..Israel is not the catastrophe. They themselves are responsible for pig headly not accepting partition and their own country. Jerusalem can never be divided again.When Jordan controlled it between 48-67 they violated every agreement to keep it open to Israelis.so they could worship at the wailing wall and other Jewish sites that go back thousands of years and way before the Muslims and Christians . Be flexible Otherwise the catastrophe you created will be your own funeral. That´s much more the truth than making yourself into victims!!
The Nakba ("catastrophe") is just that - The catastrophe of the failed invasion of the 7 combined Arab armies to Israel at the time of it's founding in 1948.
The ~600,000 Arabs living in Israel were ordered to evacuate and returns once the Israelis were slaughtered. The majority of them did not flee. nor was forced to leave (Keep in mind that on the other hand, over 900,000 Jews were driven out of the Arab countries once Israel was founded without taking any violent actions against the Arabs.)
That didn't work too well, did it?
The Nakba was a catastrophe brought upon the Arabs by their own violence and hatred. No lies or attempts to rewrite history by the Arabs will change that.
Viva Palestine!
I suggest you try living in Gaza, Christy. We'll all have a good laugh when they rape and kill you for being a woman. Viva "peaceful" Arabs!
Xant, what made you think that this Christy
scumbagpardon me, I meant "vine participant", is female? But then, there in Gaza they rape males, too - that's "gender equality", Islamic way.The Palestinians are the unhappy pawns of the Arab League and its militant Islamic associates who will never accept Israel in any configuration, or within any sovereign borders. They are needed as an irritant to Israel and as false martyrs.
The residents of Northern Spain are experiencing a similar type of aggression--
In October 2010, residents of the Basque city of Bilbao found their mailboxes stuffed with flyers in Spanish and Arabic from the Islamic Community of Bilbao asking for money to build a 650 square meter (7,000 square feet) mosque costing €550,000 ($735,000).
Up until just recently, the Islamic Community of Bilbao had the following statement posted on its website: "We were expelled [from Spain] in 1609, really not that long ago. … The echo of Al-Andalus still resonates in all the valley of the Ebro [Spain]. We are back to stay, Insha'Allah [if Allah wills it]."
Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to the parts of Spain ruled by Muslim conquerors from 711 and 1492. Many Muslims believe that the territories they lost during the Spanish Reconquista still belong to them, and that they have a right to return and establish their rule there -- a belief based on the Islamic precept that territories once occupied by Muslims must forever remain under Muslim domination.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3057/basque-islam
Hard to believe this article is from MSNBC and not Al-Jazzer. What a slanted, biased article. Especially the picture of the boy being carted off. Wonder what he did to get arrested?
In English it reads
From Ingrid. Judge for yourself the love in her heart.
The Bing translation:
"Jew loving scum! May the nuclear bomb built by Iranian brothers such as boiled eggs burn your eyes. The special was a Jew like Dick seed-loving hot dog pieces of dung!"
Well, I think it's safe to say that Ismail Haniya is not missing any meals and I'd bet even money he dipped out of that 'marathon' the second the cameras got their pics in.
Hugh NO BRAINS !!(aka Hugh NO CLASS) We Jews do not have to spout anything. We are in Israel and we are staying. If another Hitler (aka Iran) want to try another genocide, they know where to find us. The only difference, this time the Jews have an Uzzi in their hand.
Uzi is obsolete. But Dolphin class subs will do the job even better.
wrong reply
It doesn't take a genius to see who's the rational side in the whole Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict. The comments here on both sides reflect both sides almost clearly.
For KPR and Indrid Cold-BULL S**T. There is no way Israel is going to allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Israel will do a preemtive strike and possibly use their nuclear arsenal.
LANew Jersey,
Can't you see the difference? One posted some unreadable bull$h!t, the other only provided translation from scummish into humanly readable form, so everyone could have a good laugh at Islamic stupidity.
The majority of Arab/ Moslems occupying land in and around Israel desire the total annihilation of Israel and the extermination of the Jewish people. So, they have launched several wars, incite hatred and violence 24/7 and have perpetrated terrorism on a daily basis for many decades. The Arab/ Moslems' goal by word and deed is nothing less than the genocide of the Jews. In MSNBC's bigoted and perverted ideology it's ok for Arab/ Moslem to kill Jews, but it's not ok for Jews to defend themselves.
For all those who blindely defend Israel I say you are nothing more than pupets of that regime workign for their benefit. Israel is the #1 inhumane and human rights violator that exists today and that is a fact. Christians are being driven out of the HolyLand in the hundreds by Israelis and they keep blaming "muslim extremists" for that.... but when the Christians were asked they laughed and clearly pointed to Israel as the reason (recent shocking 60 Minutes report that got Israel calling CBS's CEO to stop the story from airing.) Once Israelis are done eviciting all of Muslims from Palestine they will focus on the Chirstians !!
Israel is the best entity at barring the truth from coming out and when it escapes they warp it to their defense. Yes there was a demonstration today in Jerusalem and it was a peaceful one until the police starts arresting people in the most cruel way and pictures are taken with captions under them saying "Muslim boy arrested for throwing stones".... in fact they feed the media whatever they want the caption to read but the truth is that you have boys and girls under 10 years old arrested and thrown in prison with bloodied noses scars.... then the torture begins.
The truth is coming out people.... the pain, suffering and injustice that the Palestinians have gone through is reaching the right people who can see the truth and will no longer support Israel and its race cleansing activities. If it wasn't for non-racist culture around the world and especially in Palestine, the Jewish race would have been wiped out centuries ago. The Israelis are now applying the racist activites that they owe their survival for.
With the falling of the leaders of the bordering countries of Israel the new leaders will support their people in standing up to the Palestinians which marks the end of Israel...this is the begining of the end !!!
For all the folks that keep throwing BS comments about how bad the Arabs and that Palestinians never existed - Go read the Bible !! Get educated on the truth behind the news you see and stop being pupets of the Israeli propoganda!!!
Yet, you are OK with Syria, Iran, Lebanon and others.
All I see here is troll.
The words "Israel" and "Jerusalem" appear hundreds of times in the Hebrew Bible.
They appear not once in the Qu'ran.
STEVEN B - thank you for proving my point. All you know about these countries is what you see on TV. Your comment is proof of your brain washing by Israeli media. Educate yourself on reality please. Anyone who conflicts the mainstream media is considered crazy and doesn't knwo what they are saying. As an American I have visited and continue to visit these countries every year. Imagine if the rest of the world judged the US based on the news they hear about criem in NY City????? That is how you and others are viewing the Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iran, etc.) These are beautiful countries full of vibrant cultures and great peace loving people. Please don't spread what Israel wants the rest of the world to view these countries like.
Perhaps if the people weren't repressed by their governments, then the Israelis wouldn't have to be scapegoats.
Israel has done more as a nation and as a People to make the planet a better place to live than all of the Arab and Persian nations combined.
This is an irrefutable fact.
....and by the way XANT.... you are the posterchild of being brain washed by Israel. Open your eyes and stop watching the news through the glasses Israel gave you. All your facts and points are exactly what Israel Government published and taut you. Wake up and start seeign the truth for once.
The truth is this:
If the Arabs put down there guns today, there would be no more wars.
If the Israelis put down their guns today, there would be no more Israel.