Three sides of Israel's borders erupt in protests just days after the resignation of George Mitchell, President Barack Obama's middle east envoy to the region.
The May 15th protests were organized by activists using Facebook and other social media to mobilize Palestinians to march on the border. Palestinians mark this day every year with demonstrations, but never from three borders; Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip. Read the full story here.
May 15, 1948 is the day in history that marks the anniversary of the founding of Israel. According to palestine.com, it's the day the British government announced its plans to withdraw from Palestine. It also marks the day that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced. Palestinians refer to their defeat as the "nakbah," or "catastrophe." More than 750,000 Palestinians left the Gaza strip, the West Bank and other Arab countries like Syria , Lebanon, Jordan, as well as other countries.
It's reported that Israel has accused Syria and Iran of orchestrating the demonstrations, read more here.
Palestinians demand for a state in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. Areas that Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War. It seems that President Obama favors this idea too. Could the current organized march on Israel's borders be a warm up for something in the future? Is Israel in a diplomatic and strategic dead end, read more from Global research.
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