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Arabs, IDF
Clash On Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Syria claimed
30 Arabs were killed after hundreds
of protesters from Syria attempted to
breach the border with Israel on the
Golan Heights.
The violence Sunday, which was a
repeat attempt at the border breaches
of May 15 that left more than a dozen
dead, came on what the Arabs call
Naksa Day, commemorating the anni-
versary of the "setback" of the 1967
Six-Day War.
Israeli soldiers and border police
used tear gas and fired their weapons
in the air and then at protesters' feet
to break up the crowds threatening
to breach the border. Syrian media
claimed that 30 protesters were killed
and up to 350 were injured.
Israeli troops tried three times to
evacuate the wounded for care, but the
crowd took advantage of these efforts
and attempted to infiltrate the border,
the IDF Spokesman's Office said. Later
in the day, the Red Cross carried out
evacuations.
Arab rioters also threw firebombs at

Israeli troops in the Golan Heights at
the Druze town of Majdal Shams and
the Kuneitra crossing in the northern
Golan, the IDF spokesman said.
Syrian security forces, who usually
block any attempts to reach the Israeli
border, did not intervene when hun-
dreds of protesters showed up at the
border on Sunday.
In the West Bank, hundreds of
Palestinian protesters confronted
Israeli troops at the Kalandiya
checkpoint between Ramallah and
Jerusalem. Soldiers fired tear gas and
shot in the air to disperse the dem-
onstrators. At least 40 people were
treated for tear gas inhalation and two
were seriously injured, according to
Palestinian reports.
Palestinians demonstrating on
Mount Scopus in Jerusalem threw
firebombs at the back of Hadassah
Hospital, Ynet reported.
In the West Bank, about 40 Arabs
and their allies marched toward the
Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh and
attempted to break through the vil-
lage's gates.
Despite calls for protests in

Lebanon, that border with Israel
remained quiet. On June 2, the
Lebanese army declared the area a
closed military zone in order to keep
protesters away.
"To my regret, today, there are
extremist elements around us that are
trying to break through our borders
and threaten our communities and
our citizens:' Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday
at his weekly Cabinet meeting. "We
will not allow them to do so. I have
instructed the security forces to act
with determination, with maximum
restraint, but with determination to
maintain our sovereignty, our borders,
our communities and our citizens:'
The U.S. State Department backed
up Israel's right to self-defense.
"We call for all sides to exercise
restraint. Provocative actions like this
should be avoided. Israel, like any
sovereign nation, has a right to defend
itself:' the State Department said in a
statement. "We are deeply troubled by
events that took place earlier today in
the Golan Heights resulting in injuries
and the loss of life."

Weiner Admits
Sending Emails
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Anthony Weiner,
D-N.Y., on Monday acknowledged inappropriate
Internet relationships with at least six women
but said he would not resign or get divorced.
Weiner said he had lied last
week when he denied sending
a lewd underwear photo to a
21-year-old college student
over Twitter and claimed that
his account had been hacked.
"I've brought pain to people
I care about the most and
people who believe in me','
Rep. Anthony
Weiner
said at a news confer-
Weiner
ence Monday. "I apologize to
my wife and family. I apolo-
gize to my friends and supporters."
Weiner, one of the most hawkish pro-Israel
lawmakers, said none of the relationships had
ever become physical, nor had he met any of the
women.
He said he would not resign.
"Nothing about this should reflect in any way
on my official duties or on my oath of office he
said.
He is married to Huma Abedin, a top aide to
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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