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Thursday, March 29, 2018
Ahead of Gaza march, Israel tells UN: We’ll defend ourselves
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon sends a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the upcoming mass Palestinian “March of Return” on the Gaza-Israel border.
“We will defend ourselves in the face of this violent campaign,” writes Danon, according to Hadashot news.
The IDF chief of staff said on Wednesday over 100 snipers will be stationed on the border and will be authorized to open fire if it is determined that Israeli lives are in danger.
The “March of Return” is set to begin on Friday with “Land Day,” which marks the Israeli government’s expropriation of Arab-owned land in the Galilee on March 30, 1976, and the ensuing demonstrations in which six Arab Israelis were killed. It is also, by coincidence, the eve of the week-long Passover holiday.
The Times of Israel Community.