Lebanese and Syrian Arabs Scrap ‘Assault’ on Israeli Borders

Arutz Sheva ^ | 4/6/11 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

[Eleutheria5]

Syrian and Lebanese Arabs have scrapped plans to march on Israel’s borders Sunday as “Naksa Day” begins to fizzle out.

Actions by Lebanon and Israel to declare areas near the northern border to be closed military zones, along with an American warning that the planned march might be a “provocation,” contributed to the decision to cancel the planned assault.

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has stated its intentions, but without support from foreign Arabs, a demonstration for several million foreign Arabs to immigrate to Israel might be seen as a public relations bommerang.

A cornerstone of the Saudi Arabia 2002 Initiative, the basis for Palestinian Authority conditions to become an independent state within Israel’s borders, is what the Arab world calls “the right of return.” The term refers to approximately five million Arabs whose parents, grandparents and great grandparents fled Israel during the wars in 1948 and 1967. Most of them fled at the behest of Arab armies, who promised they would quickly return after the expected annihilation of Israel. A minority fled from the Israel army.

The term "Naksa” is the Arabic word for “setback,” meaning the defeat of the seven Arab countries who tried to destroy Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967. A march on Israel’s Golan Heights border two weeks ago caught the IDF unprepared, and several Arabs from Syria reached the Druze city of Majdal Shams. Several people were killed, some of them in Lebanon, where thousands of Syrian have fled the brutal onslaught by Syrian forces against the ongoing demonstrations for reform in the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

[Eleutheria5]

My, what a setback. heh.

[bajabaja]

Setback? My money is on this being a result of the PA and other elite keeping a handle on the “Arab street” so that, come September and the UN vote on a Palestinian state, they will seem “reasonable” and not violent. These flash-mob-the- borders protests would quickly turn violent and I bet Obama and Hillary are telling the PA to tone things down if they want US support for such a state to materialize.

This, to me, is not a good sign for Israel.

[Brass Lamp]

what the Arab world calls “the right of return.” The term refers to approximately five million Arabs whose parents, grandparents and great grandparents fled Israel during the wars in 1948 and 1967.

"five million" is an absolutely absurd number. Where could these five million missing people have possibly lived? Manhattan, proper, only has a couple of million.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5. Israel warned them not to, and they backed down.

Israel could tip the balance in Syria just by running one air raid, knocking out the fascist iron boot on the neck of the protesters. I’d be surprised if this “what if” scenario wasn’t on the mind of the Assad dynasty.

[rbg81]

I think this is part of the plan if (actually when) the PA ever becomes a recognized state. That is, you will see massive Arab migration to the PA. It won’t matter if they are Palestinian or not. When those areas are overflowing, they will demand entry into Israel. S

Honestly, would not be surprised if Muslims are behind the whole “Open Borders” movement. It would be the ideal way to colonize the West, even more so than they’re doing now. Of course, the migration would only be one way. But who wants to live in an Arab country anyway?

[hinckley buzzard]

A lot of ragheads who were on schedule never to see Monday just got lucky.