Security and Defense: Bracing for mass protests

14.05.2011                      10.Ijar, 5771                      Behar; Tag 25 des Omer

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Security and Defense: Bracing for mass protests

IDF is gearing up for potentially dramatic Nakba Day demonstrations, with training emphasis on non-lethal crowd dispersal techniques.

A few months ago, as the number of Facebook users who pressed “Like” on pages that called for a third intifada and large-scale demonstrations on Sunday increased, the IDF began to sit up and take notice.
May 15 is the day the Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, the “catastrophe” that was the establishment of the State of Israel….