Naqba day : émeute à Silwan, At-Tur et Bab al-Huta – 13 mai 2011

Clashes in East Jerusalem ahead of Nakba day

aljazeera.net

Arrests as Palestinians prepare to mark « day of catastrophe » on anniversary of Israel’s 1948 declaration of statehood.

13 May 2011

Israeli security forces have clashed with Palestinians in several East Jerusalem neighbourhoods ahead of « Nakba Day » or « day of catastrophe » on Sunday.

The anniversary marks Israel’s 1948 declaration of statehood after which more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled in the war that ensued.

A correspondent for the AFP news agency saw four people hurt as police opened fire with rubber bullets at stone-throwing youths in Silwan.

A Palestinian Red Crescent spokesman said they had treated nine people, including 16-year-old Milad Said Ayyash, who was suffering from serious internal bleeding after being shot in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood.

A second youth from Silwan was hit in the genitals by rubber bullets, the spokesman said, without giving details about the other injuries. Read more…

Riots in Jerusalem, West Bank ahead of Nakba Day

ynetnews.com

05.13.11

Friday prayers at Temple Mount end peacefully only to be followed by clashes between police, protestors in Silwan, At-Tur and Bab al-Huta. Security forces pelted with stones near Bethlehem, Ramallah

Omri Efraim

Riots broke out in east Jerusalem and across the West Bank Friday ahead of Nakba Day, but fears of large-scale violence did not materialize.

IDF forces dispersed dozens of Palestinians, foreign nationals and Israeli leftist activists who hurled stoned near the Palestinian village of Nabi Salah, east of Ramallah. Leftist protestors said more than 10 people were hurt in the clashes.

Elsewhere, a Border Guard police officer sustained light wounds after being pelted with stones in the Jerusalem area. He was treated at the scene.

Prayers at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, however, were held under relative calm.

In Silwan, protestors clashed with security forces who entered the neighborhood. Arabs hurled stones while police officers responded with crowd dispersal means. Three men were arrested on suspicion of hurling stones in Bab al-Huta, while Border Guard and police forces arrested a protestor in At-Tur.

Stones were also hurled at security forces in Issawiya. Read more…

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Nakba Day (Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakbah, meaning « day of the catastrophe ») is an annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people of the displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. It is generally held every May 15, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israel’s Independence.