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Each year, Palestinians throughout the region mark the ''Nakba'' (or catastrophe) ''Day'' with demonstrations; they use the term "nakba" to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding on May 15, 1948 when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were uprooted. But never before have marchers descended upon Israel's borders from all directions. The Syrian incursion in May 2011 was especially surprising. The events carried a message for Israel: Even as it wrestles with the Palestinian demand for a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem — areas Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war — there is a related problem of neighboring countries that host millions of Palestinians with aspirations to return. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110515/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians]
Each year, Palestinians throughout the region mark the ''Nakba'' (or catastrophe) ''Day'' with demonstrations; they use the term "nakba" to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding on May 15, 1948 when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were uprooted. But never before have marchers descended upon Israel's borders from all directions. The Syrian incursion in May 2011 was especially surprising. The events carried a message for Israel: Even as it wrestles with the Palestinian demand for a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem — areas Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war — there is a related problem of neighboring countries that host millions of Palestinians with aspirations to return. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110515/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians]
International Protesters in the United Kingdom, led by Dave Randall, released a song in May 2011 as support for the Palestinians.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28HnPTYz-I</ref> This has brought about huge criticism from Glenn Beck.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj02pJKI9NI</ref>
==Culture of Palestine==
==Culture of Palestine==