Palestinians wouldn't have the intelligence to come up with it on their own.
B The Iconoclast <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/34711#CurDomainURL #/blog.cfm> Sunday, 15 May 2011 Is Iran behind Border Breaches and Violence in Israel on al-Nakbah Day? by Jerry Gordon http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif Syrian border clash al-Nagbah May 15, 2011 Reports are flooding in on several violent clashes resulting in casualties on Israel's Lebanon, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, and Gaza border crossings coupled with a truck ramming attack in Tel Aviv killing one and causing more than a dozen injuries. More than four protesters who breached the Syrian border have been killed by the IDF in the Shams Medal incident on the Golan Heights. Israel has more than 10,000 security forces on alert to combat both internal and border protests on al-Nakbah Day (The catastrophe) that Arabs use to protest the founding of the State of Israel, May 15, 1948. Here is a JTA summary of these stunning developments, "Violence erupts in Israel: Syria border breached, truck attack in Tel Aviv." TEL AVIV (JTA) - Hundreds of Arabs from Syria stormed across the border into Israel on Sunday, prompting Israeli troops to respond with live fire killing at least four people. The incident, which marked the first major eruption of violence along the border in decades, came on the same day that an Israeli Arab rammed a truck into pedestrians in Tel Aviv, killing one. Elsewhere around Israel and the West Bank, thousands of Palestinians protested to mark Nakbah Day - the day Arabs mark the "catastrophe" of Israel's birth on May 15, 1948. The number of Arabs from Syria who breached the border on the Golan Heights was estimated at 400 to 1,000. The Israel Defense Forces declared the area of Majdal Shams, a Druze town near Mount Hermon, a closed military zone as Israeli troops tried to round up those who had infiltrated the border. Israeli troops also fired on Palestinian protestors who approached Israel's border with Gaza, wounding several teens, according to reports. In Lebanon, thousands of Arabs reportedly converged on Israel's border to demonstrate, but they were pushed back when the Lebanese Army fired warning shots into the air. In Tel Aviv, Israeli law enforcement officials said Sunday morning's truck rampage, in which more than a dozen people were injured and one was killed, appeared to be a terrorist attack. The 22-year-old man from the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Kassem who drove his truck into cars and pedestrians on a busy thoroughfare reportedly told police his tire had exploded, causing him to lose control of the vehicle. In Jerusalem, Palestinian demonstrators also reportedly threw firebombs at Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The violence came two days after a Palestinian teen was killed during a protest in eastern Jerusalem. The boy may have been shot by a security guard for several Jewish families who live in the area. According to a Jerusalem Post report, IDF: <http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=220621> Northern border incidents are an 'Iranian provocation' the IDF has accused Iran of fomenting today's violent al-Nakbah Day protests: IDF spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yoav "Poli" Mordechai described the incident in which pro-Palestinians demonstrators crossed from Syria into Israel as an "Iranian provocation "on Sunday. "The radical axis of Iran, <http://newstopics.jpost.com/topic/Hezbollah> Hezbollah, and Hamas is very clear," Brig.-Gen. Yoav "Poli" Mordechai told Channel 10 News. 'IDF holds Syrian gov't responsible for violent protests' A senior IDF officer told The Jerusalem Post that Israel views the Syrian government as responsible for the violent protests, and the IDF is trying to push back the infiltrators. Another Israeli official said, "This is a cynical and transparent act by the Syrian regime to create a crisis on the border with Israel in order to distract public opinion from the very real problems at home." "Syria is a police state. This sort of thing could not happen without the support of the regime. It is clear they wanted this to play the Israel card, in order to silence their own democratic opposition," the official said. Magen David Adom estimated 10-20 protesters were injured, as well as three lightly injured Israelis, but the IDF was unable to confirm the numbers. Hundreds of protesters were rioting on the Syrian side of the border, as part of Nakbah Day demonstrations <http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=220590> . IDF forces were on guard at the scene, attempting control the demonstrators. The area was declared a closed military zone. Lebanon witnesses: 4 dead as IDF opens fire on border In addition, IDF soldiers fired in the air to repel Palestinians demonstrating at Maroun a-Ras, on the Lebanese-Israeli border, killing four and wounding more than 10 people, witnesses said. "Hundreds of Lebanese and Palestinians approached the fence at Maroun Aras. The Lebanese army did not stop them. When IDF saw them attempting to destroy fence, they took steps to stop them," Mordechai told Channel 10. Police mobilized the Lebanon Border Unit, the Counter-Terrorism Unit and other special units to the North. Tags: Israel <http://technorati.com/tag/Israel> , Syria <http://technorati.com/tag/+Syria> , Iran <http://technorati.com/tag/+Iran> , East jerusalem <http://technorati.com/tag/+East+jerusalem> , Gaza <http://technorati.com/tag/+Gaza> , Lebanon <http://technorati.com/tag/+Lebanon> , Tel Aviv <http://technorati.com/tag/+Tel+Aviv> , al-Naqbah violence <http://technorati.com/tag/+al-Naqbah+violence> , JTA Jerusalem Post <http://technorati.com/tag/+JTA+Jerusalem+Post> , IDF <http://technorati.com/tag/+IDF> http://www.newenglishreview.org/images/clear.gif Submit Your Comment <http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_comment.cfm/blog_id/34711> Posted on 05/15/2011 10:01 AM by Jerry Gordon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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