Posted on 05/15/2011 3:24:46 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights -Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people dead in an annual Palestinian mourning ritual marking the anniversary of Israel's birth.
In a surprising turn of events, hundreds of Palestinians and supporters poured across the Syrian frontier and staged riots, drawing Israeli accusations that Damascus, and its ally Iran, orchestrated the unrest to shift attention from an uprising back home. It was a rare incursion from the usually tightly controlled Syrian side and could upset the delicate balance between the two longtime foes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads to Washington at the end of the week, said he ordered the military to act with "maximum restraint" but vowed a tough response to further provocations.
"Nobody should be mistaken. We are determined to defend our borders and sovereignty," he declared in a brief address broadcast live on Israeli TV stations.
The violence showed Israel the extent of Arab anger over the Palestinian issue, beyond the residents of the West Bank and Gaza, and came at a critical time for U.S. Mideast policy.
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I'm joking, kinda, but a day could come this would happen on our border. In a sense, it is, thus far the mobs avoid the authorities.
Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza
General Petraus and Ms. Lindsay Graham want our free speech limited when it comes to addressing Islam in America.
Lara Logan, that liberal reporter who was raped in Egypt, never realized, according her her Sixty Minutes interview, that Muslims abuse women! How can a reporter with a large American network not know that Muslims severely abuse women? How can she not know they rape and murder non-mulsim girls and women whenever they can get away with it.
I think it is because the circles of the elite, and in particular the media, are already voluntarily living under Shria. They never mention what happens to women in Islam. They want the rest of us (rednecks, racists, etc.) to live under official Shira, too. By the enactment of European “hate” laws governing free speech if possible.
If we let them change the word “hate” to “bullying” which they are doing in the “how do we full them next” game, we will be the stupidest people on earth after seeing what has happened to Canada and Europe!
Next up
Syria, seeing how weak Bibi really is, will mount a full scale invasion of the Golan - which Israeli intel will miss until after the fact...
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