Violence breaks out as Palestinians march on Israel's borders on Nakba day - which means 'catastrophe' and marks the day Israel came into being and thousands of Palestinians were displaced
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 15 May 2011
A hand reaches out to an injured man, one of a several wounded when the Israeli army opened fire at thousands of protesters crossing from Syria into the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, close to the Druze town of Majdal Shams
Hamas security officials confront protesters during a demonstration near the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip
The body of a Syrian protester is carried near the border fence between Syria and Israel, close to the northern Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights
Protesters climb the border fence between Syria and Israel during a demonstration marking Nakba day, near Majdal Shams
Israeli soldiers stand at the border fence between Israel and Syria as demonstrators approach the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights
Palestinian protesters take cover after Israeli soldiers opened fire on them during a rally marking Nakba, or "catastrophe", the term used by Palestinians to describe the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on 15 May 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Lebanon
Palestinian police block the street as protesters try and reach two Jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank city of Hebron
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