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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)

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Illustration: Israel by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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The village of Bukata is located in the Golan Heights, an area Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War. Thousands living in Druse villages like Bukata have turned out to show support for Syria's President Bashar Assad as he faces anti-government protests. But the pro-reform wave stirs mixed feelings for the 20,000 Druse, who never stopped seeing themselves as Syrian but are used to freedoms under Israeli rule. (Associated Press)

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A father and daughter in Bnei Brak, Israel, pass burning leavened items — including bread — as Jews made final preparations Monday for the beginning of Passover at sunset. (Associated Press)

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An Israeli soldier sits in a tank along the border between Israel and southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, April 9, 2011. Palestinian militants fired more than a dozen rockets at southern Israel on Saturday, and Israeli warplanes killed four militants in the Gaza Strip in the most intense fighting since Israel's 2008-09 offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers inspect a school bus hit by an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip near the border between southern Israel and Gaza at Sa'ad, Israel, on Thursday, wounding two people, including one child critically, Israeli officials said, prompting a fierce Israeli retaliation. (Associated Press)