Families of victims to sue Israel for killing Nakba Day protesters

"Legal experts say that they have enough judicial evidences for a case, and the victims have decided to go all the way."


PressTV - Israel to be sued over Nakba Day protest killings:

Fri May 27, 2011 1:46PM
Mariam Saleh, Press TV, Beirut

"Almost two weeks after the Nakba day protests, the families of victims of Israel's recent violence have decided to file lawsuits against the Israeli Army for firing at unarmed civilians.

Several lawyers and legal experts have announced that they will file the lawsuits on behalf of the families of those who were wounded or killed by Israeli gunfire.

In Lebanon, at least 10 people were killed and some 30 injured during protests on Nakbah Day marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland Palestine by Israel.

The Israeli forces on the “Blue line”, the withdrawal line of the Israeli army in the year 2000, fired at the protesters who marched towards the bordering fence which is still not an internationally recognized border.

Legal experts say that they have enough judicial evidences for a case, and the victims have decided to go all the way. Mohammad is one of those Palestinian refugees who were protesting near the border. He said, he would stop at nothing to return back.

Many western activists who took part in the Nakba protests blamed the western powers' support for Israel. They say this support is allowing Israel to continue with such aggressive behavior.

Over 14 Palestinians were killed during the protests to mark the 63th anniversary of Nakbah Day in Lebanon and Syria.

The lawsuits which will be filed by the victims against Israel will not be the first, and although many of the victims fear that their rights will not be achieved only through the judicial system, they do believe that this will add to Israel's disrepute of constantly violating human rights.




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