Israel on high alert for possible border unrest | Inquirer News

Israel on high alert for possible border unrest

/ 12:49 PM June 05, 2011

JERUSALEM – Thousands of Israeli security forces are on alert for possible border unrest as Palestinians mark the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war and Israel’s occupation of Arab land.

Over the weekend, Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon cancelled plans to march to their frontiers with Israel. But Israel wasn’t taking any chances after thousands of Arab protesters surged to Israel’s borders with Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank last month.

Hundreds breached a porous border fence then to enter the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967.

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Since then, Israel has fortified its northern frontier with trenches and landmines.

The military wouldn’t release troop deployment details Sunday. Police said thousands of officers have been mobilized.

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