By Ted Belman ——Bio and Archives--June 26, 2011
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Israel kills 24 refugees in occupied Golan Heights By Elham Asaad Buaras, Muslim News Israeli troops opened fire on protesters who stormed the border in the occupied Golan Heights
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) shot and killed 24 protesters and injured a further 350 people who gathered on the Syrian side of the border of the Israeli occupied Golan Heights marking the Naksa Day. Thousands of Palestinian refugees and supporters marched near the border marking Naksa day on June 5, the day Israel illegally occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967. The protesters were demanding their right to return to their homeland when the Israeli forces opened fire at them. At least eight of the wounded are in serious conditions. Eyewitnesses said the IDF used live ammunition, gas bombs and phosphorous munition, and that the soldiers were directly aiming at the protesters leading to this large number of casualties. The IDF even set ablaze several areas near the border fence in at attempt to prevent the protesters from marching to the border, eyewitnesses added.Oh, well, what can one say.
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Ted Belman is a retired lawyer and Editor of Israpundit.org. He made aliyah from Canada in 2009 and now lives in Jerusalem.