2011 Nakba Day: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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==Border demonstrations==

{{See also|2011 Israeli border demonstrations}}

Inspired by the uprisings and revolutions taking place in the Arab world, Palestinians used [[Facebook]] to call for mass protests throughout the region on May 15, 2011, Nakba Day.<ref name=Daragmeh/><ref name=ATimes>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ME18Ak03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520150314/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ME18Ak03.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=2011-05-20 |title=Persistence will pay off for Palestinians |publisher=Atimes.com |date=2011-05-18 |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref><ref name=Bikya>{{cite web|url=http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=33601 |title=Army fires on Cairo's Nakba rally |publisher=Bikyamasr.com |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165108/http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=33601 |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref><ref name=YNETr>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4069686,00.html |title=Syrian infiltrator recounts journey to TA |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=1995-06-20 |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref> A page calling for a "Third Palestinian Intifada" to begin on May 15 garnered more than 350,000 "likes" before being taken down by Facebook managers at the end of March after complaints from the Israeli government as well as a counter group which repeatedly requested Facebook to block the page on the grounds that it incited violence.<ref name=Philips>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirdage.com/news/israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters_05-15-2011?page=2 |title=Israeli Troops Clash with Palestinian Protesters |publisher=Thirdage.com |date=2011-05-15 |access-date=2013-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611040127/http://www.thirdage.com/news/israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters_05-15-2011?page=2 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CNN3>{{cite news|author=Kevin Flower, CNN |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-29/world/palestinian.facebook_1_facebook-page-social-media-website-incites-violence?_s=PM:WORLD |title=Facebook page supporting Palestinian intifada pulled down |publisher=Articles.cnn.com |date=2011-03-29 |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624035859/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-29/world/palestinian.facebook_1_facebook-page-social-media-website-incites-violence?_s=PM%3AWORLD |archive-date=2011-06-24 }}</ref> The page called for mass marches to Palestine from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan to commemorate the Nakba and demand the [[Palestinian right of return|right of return]] for all Palestinian refugees.<ref name=AhramO>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/11737/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptians-call-for-a-march-to-Palestine-on-Nakba-d.aspx |title=Egyptians to mark Nakba with a march to Palestine |publisher=English.ahram.org.eg |date=2011-05-09 |access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref>

===Egypt===