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Jordan's press is reporting some 20,000 people are taking part in a Global March on Jerusalem aimed at breaching Israel's borders. Participants were reportedly shouting: "Where is the Arab League on Jerusalem?" Four rabbis of the extremist anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect are also taking part...

Land Day turned violent Friday when Arabs began hurling Molotov cocktails and stones at soldiers near the Kalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The riots began after Friday afternoon Muslim prayers – often a starting point for violence – when dozens of masked Arab youths began rioting at the checkpoint. Soldiers responded with teargas and deployed the "Skunk" – a vehicle loaded with canons spraying a noxious-smelling liquid. A machine that transmits high frequency sound waves was also employed. Israel Radio reported several protesters were lightly injured in the clashes and taken to the hosptial. Hamas parliament member Ahmed Atoun was...

DEIR HANNA, Israel (AFP) — Thousands of Arab-Israelis on Monday demonstrated against what they called Israel's "racism" at a rally commemorating the killing of six people in a 1976 protest against land grabs. Arab-Israeli MPs, mayors and other dignitaries were among the demonstrators in the annual Land Day protest at Deir Hanna village in Israel's Galilee region. Waving Palestinian flags and green banners -- the colour of the Islamic movement -- as well as the symbols of the various Arab-Israeli parties, the demonstrators chanted their support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel's deadly onslaught in...