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8 hours 16 min ago - Nakba Day

Young men take cover from rubber bullets being fired on them from the Israeli army during clashes at Qalandiya checkpoint [EPA]

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8 hours 36 min ago - Nakba Day

A man in traditional dress walks past the separation wall in Bethlehem [EPA]

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8 hours 40 min ago - Nakba Day

A woman screams at Israeli police as they detain a young boy during clashes in East Jerusalem [Reuters]

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9 hours 54 min ago - Nakba Day

Israeli army clash with Palestinians protesting outside Ofer prison near Ramallah [Reuters]

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12 hours 6 min ago - Nakba
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12 hours 48 min ago - Nakba



Al Jazeera's Cal Perry updates from Qalandia on the latest as Palestinians are marking the Nakba or Catastrophe.
 
It is a day they mourn the loss of their homeland and the displacement of their people by the creation of the State of Israel.

There has been minor scuffles between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in Qalandia, 
 
The crowd is expected to get larger through the course of the day.
 
More than 760 thousand Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in 1948 - their descendants now number around 4 point 7 million.
 
Around 160 thousand Palestinians stayed behind. Their descendants - known now as Palestinian Israelis - make up 20 per cent of Israel's population.

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12 hours 50 min ago - Nakba
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12 hours 52 min ago - Nakba

ibnezraTear gas everywhere at Ofer http://t.co/W3xHqPwYTue May 15 09:44:06 2012
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14 hours 9 min ago - Nakba

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Many users changed their profile images on the social network Facebook to show support for the solidarity campaign with the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Jails after entering The third Stage in the Hunger-Strike fight for Dignity.

The uniform's logo means" Shabas "and is an abbreviation for "Israeli Prison Service".

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14 hours 14 min ago - Nakba

The Egyptian-mediated agreement to end the weeks-long hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners was a mistake, Likud MK Danny Danon told Israel Radio on Tuesday morning.

The deal, announced on Monday, grants better conditions, including family visits, to prisoners held under administrative detention. Part of the deal includes modification of Israel’s administrative detention policy as well. In return, the prisoners agreed to sign a pledge renouncing terrorism, a controversial stipulation that critics say is nonbinding.

"This deal was a serious mistake; instead of making things tougher for the terrorists they are giving them a prize,” said Danon. “The situation for security prisoners must be clear: no family visits, no special benefits. And key prisoners must be in solitary confinement."


[Source: The Times of Israel]

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