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Israelis, Palestinians Clash During Funeral for Youth

   VOA News  May 14, 2011
   Undercover Israeli policemen together with policemen detain a
   Palestinian during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of
   Issawiya, May 13, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Undercover Israeli policemen together with policemen detain a
   Palestinian during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of
   Issawiya, May 13, 2011

   Israeli police and Palestinians have clashed during a funeral
   procession for a Palestinian teenager who died after being shot at a
   protest marking "Naqba" - or catastrophe - the Palestinian "mourning"
   of the anniversary of Israel's creation.
   Witnesses say Palestinians threw stones at Israeli police who responded
   with tear gas during Saturday's confrontation in East Jerusalem.
   Israel had heightened security before hundreds of mourners turned out
   for the youth's funeral, in anticipation of unrest leading up to
   Sunday's commemoration of Naqba. Palestinians had begun holding
   demonstrations Friday. Some activists urged Palestinians to use the
   occasion to ignite another "intifada" - or uprising - against Israel.
   Relatives of the youth, who was described as being 16 or 17, say he was
   shot by a Jewish settler during a protest Friday and died of his
   injuries on Saturday. Israeli police say it is not clear who shot the
   youth.
   More than 700,000 Palestinians are estimated to have fled or been
   forced to leave their homes during the war that followed Israel's
   declaration of statehood in 1948.
   Israel - which uses the Hebrew calendar - celebrated its 63rd
   anniversary on Tuesday.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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