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Protesters carry a Palestinian boy after he was injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters who approached the border with Israel during a rally in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Two Lebanese security officials say four people in Lebanon wer(...)

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Palestinian protesters take cover after Israeli soldiers opened fire at 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 May 15, 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Leb(...)

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Lebanese soldiers arrest a Palestinian protester 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 May 15, 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2011. (...)

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Israeli troops search for gaps in the fence along the border between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Monday, May 16, 2011. Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters have marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in a(...)

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Israeli soldiers fix the border fence between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Monday, May 16, 2011. Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters have marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of(...)

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An Israeli soldier covered in a prayer shawl prays as Israeli troops gather near the border fence between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Monday, May 16, 2011. Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters have marched on Israel's borders with S(...)

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Israeli troops take positions along the border fence between Israel and Syria after Syrian demonstrators marking the anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians surrounding Israel's establishment in 1948 approached the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Height , Sunday, May 15, 2011. Isra(...)

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Israeli soldiers search a house on village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on the border between Israel and Syria after Syrian demonstrators marking the anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians surrounding Israel's establishment in 1948 approached the Majdal Shams, Sunday, May 15, 2(...)

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A Palestinian protester adds a tire to a burning barricade blocking the road during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Shuafa(...)

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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Sunday, May 15, (...)

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A man wounded by Israeli fire during a march near the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, gestures as he is rushed for treatment at Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Palestinian medics say one person was killed and 40 others were wounded in (...)

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A plainclothes Israeli police officer and soldiers detain a Palestinian protestor following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerus(...)

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A plainclothes Israeli police officer detains a Palestinian protestor following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem, Sunday(...)

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A Palestinian protestor stands next to a burning barricade blocking the road during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the Qalan(...)

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Palestinian protesters take cover after Israeli soldiers opened fire at 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 May 15, 1948, in the southern border village of Maroun el-Rass, Leb(...)

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A Palestinian demonstrator stands on a burnt-out car during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, following a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of "Nakba", Arabic for "Catastrophe", the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948, in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of(...)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Palestinians take cover on Sunday after Israeli soldiers open fire at them during a yearly protest of the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948.

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Israeli troops take positions along the border fence between Israel and Syria after Syrian demonstrators approached the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in the 1967 war, and Syria demands the area back as part of any peace deal.

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Palestinian children, one holding a cutout of the Dome of the Rock, rally to mark the 63rd anniversary of the "nakba," or catastrophe, the Arabic term used to describe the uprooting of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with the 1948 creation of the state of Israel, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)