PA daily glorifies Palestinian assault of Jews near the Old City
Headline: “Jerusalem challenges the occupation on Nakba Day – Hundreds of Jerusalem’s residents set free the city’s streets for several hours, despite being suppressed by the occupation’s forces”
“Yesterday, [May 15, 2013] Jerusalem witnessed a national event such as it hasn’t witnessed for years: Hundreds of Jerusalem’s residents managed to mark Nakba Day (“the catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) and sound their voices in the streets of Jerusalem with demonstrations the occupation was not able to suppress despite using repressive measures…
A young woman who participated in the demonstrations said that she had come from Lod in order to join Jerusalem’s residents in the Nakba [Day] events alongside scores of students from the Palestinian Interior…
The area around the Damascus Gate remained in the eye of the storm for several hours and some even saw this as a few hours of real freedom from the occupation forces, who were stunned by the extent of participation, determination and by the flags that continued to fly in front of the entrance to the historic Damascus Gate and the walls of Jerusalem…
During the confrontations yesterday, a group of Jews on their way from the Damascus Gate to the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount) were attacked. Three of them were wounded after being beaten by several [Palestinian] youths. In addition, the occupation police confirmed that a few of its men were lightly wounded in skirmishes during the confrontations.
Despite the importance of the Jerusalem [residents’] protest activity, senior officials and faction leaders were completely absent from the arena and clearly, Jerusalem’s youth, its boys and its girls, are those who make the story and make history.”
“Yesterday, [May 15, 2013] Jerusalem witnessed a national event such as it hasn’t witnessed for years: Hundreds of Jerusalem’s residents managed to mark Nakba Day (“the catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the establishment of the State of Israel) and sound their voices in the streets of Jerusalem with demonstrations the occupation was not able to suppress despite using repressive measures…
A young woman who participated in the demonstrations said that she had come from Lod in order to join Jerusalem’s residents in the Nakba [Day] events alongside scores of students from the Palestinian Interior…
The area around the Damascus Gate remained in the eye of the storm for several hours and some even saw this as a few hours of real freedom from the occupation forces, who were stunned by the extent of participation, determination and by the flags that continued to fly in front of the entrance to the historic Damascus Gate and the walls of Jerusalem…
During the confrontations yesterday, a group of Jews on their way from the Damascus Gate to the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall of the Temple Mount) were attacked. Three of them were wounded after being beaten by several [Palestinian] youths. In addition, the occupation police confirmed that a few of its men were lightly wounded in skirmishes during the confrontations.
Despite the importance of the Jerusalem [residents’] protest activity, senior officials and faction leaders were completely absent from the arena and clearly, Jerusalem’s youth, its boys and its girls, are those who make the story and make history.”