Naksa Day Clashes on Israeli Border Backfiring on Syria

Earlier this week the Assad regime sent hundreds of Palestinians to storm the Israeli border with Syria, resulting in the death of several Palestinians. Most of the Palestinians died after throwing Molotov cocktails, which started a fire that spread to the Syrian side of the border and set off land mines.

This calculated attempt to distract the Arab street from the slaughter of protesters in Hama and elsewhere throughout Syria by Assad's security forces, appears to be backfiring on Assad. As reported by the Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=224030):

"Fourteen people were reportedly killed and 43 injured Monday after violence erupted in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

The violence broke out in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus when thousands of refugees attacked the headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Commend (PFLP-GC) after a funeral was held for Palestinians killed by IDF fire during 'Naksa' Day clashes earlier this week.

The mourners at the funeral accused the PFLP leadership of sending their 'sons' to the border clashes.

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Reports also said that the mourners attacked Palestinian leaders including the head of Hamas's political bureau Khaled Mashaal, who came to express his condolences."

Apparently, Palestinians living in Syria have decided that they are not willing to become Assad's expendable pawns.