U.N. Report: Israel Used Disproportionate Force In Nakba Day Clashes

A new United Nations report criticized Israel’s use of disproportionate force in clashes with Palestinian protesters attempting to enter Israel from Lebanon. Seven died and 111 were injured when the Israeli army opened fire on the protesters during their commemoration — known as Nakba Day — of Palestinian dispossession resulting from Israel’s founding in 1948. [...]

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/07/06/261796/un-nakba-disproportionate/

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