Today is Naksa Day (Yawm an-Naksa, meaning “day of the setback”) , the annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people of the displacement that accompanied Israel’s victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. As a result of the war, Israel took control of the Palestinian-populated West Bank and Gaza Strip, respectively annexed by Jordan and controlled by Egypt.[1]
Sunday’s Marches – The Preparation Committee for the Marches of Return, the umbrella group organizing the protests, has called for three days of demonstrations, from June 5 to June 7. According to media reports, potentially very large demonstrations — upward of 70,000 people — planned for the Lebanon border reportedly have been canceled under pressure from the Lebanese government. The Lebanese army had previously declared the border a military zone and likely intended to prevent marchers from reaching the boundary itself, as it did on May 15.