2011 Israeli border demonstrations

2011 Israeli border demonstrations
2011 Israeli border demonstrations
Part of the Arab Spring
	An Egyptian burning an Israeli flag during a Nakba Day protest at the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
Date	15 May 2011 and 5 June 2011
Location	Borders of Israel ; Egypt; Jordan; Lebanon; Palestinian National Authority; Syria;
Caused by	Observance of Nakba Day
Methods	Demonstrations
Number
30,000+ protesters
Casualties
Death(s)	12–40
Injuries	380–730+

The 2011 Israeli border demonstrations started on 15 May 2011, to commemorate what the Palestinians observe as Nakba Day. Various groups of people attempted to approach or breach Israel's borders from the Palestinian-controlled territory, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. At least a dozen people were killed when protesters attempted to cross the border from Syria.^[8]

On 5 June 2011, there were further protests on the border with Syria and, according to Syrian authorities, 23 protesters were killed and 350 wounded by live fire from Israeli forces,^[9] though Israeli sources suggested these figures were exaggerated.^[10] Israeli army spokesman Yoav Mordechai accused Syria of creating "a provocation" at the border to distract attention from the Syrian government's crackdown on the Syrian uprising.^[11]

^ "UN's Pillay condemns Israeli 'Naksa' killings". Al Jazeera English. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
^ Agence France Presse (6 June 2011). "Syria says 23 dead as Israel opens fire on Golan". France 24. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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^ "Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
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^ Samuel Sockol; Joel Greenberg; Sufian Taha (5 June 2011). "Israeli troops, Palestinians clash at Golan Heights frontier". The Washington Post.

[Pillay-1] "UN's Pillay condemns Israeli 'Naksa' killings". Al Jazeera English. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

[FRANCE24-2] Agence France Presse (6 June 2011). "Syria says 23 dead as Israel opens fire on Golan". France 24. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

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[autogenerated1-8] "Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian protesters". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

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[11] Samuel Sockol; Joel Greenberg; Sufian Taha (5 June 2011). "Israeli troops, Palestinians clash at Golan Heights frontier". The Washington Post.

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