Israel warns Lebanon authorities ahead of planned Palestinian protests near border

25.03.2012                      02.Nissan. 5772

Libanon:

Israel warns Lebanon authorities ahead of planned Palestinian protests near border

On Nakba Day last year hundreds of people breached Israel's border with Syria, although a repeat of that scenario is considered unlikely due to unrest in country.

Israel has asked Lebanon, using intermediaries, to stop its residents from approaching the Israeli border on Friday as part of Land Day protests. The forum of eight senior cabinet ministers will consider security preparations in Israel and the West Bank when they meet today.
Protests are expected in the Gaza Strip, near the Erez border crossing, and at West Bank sites such as the Qalandiyah checkpoint, north of Jerusalem. But it is the prospect of people approaching from the Lebanese side of the border in the north that has security officials most worried….