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Palestinians mark anniversary with vow to fight on

Palestinians, some firing into the air, marked the third anniversary of their uprising for statehood on Sunday with vows to fight on against Israeli occupation until they achieved victory.


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Palestinians, some firing into the air, marked the third anniversary of their uprising for statehood on Sunday with vows to fight on against Israeli occupation until they achieved victory.

Several thousand Palestinians shouted their defiance at a rally in the West Bank city of Nablus, one of few gatherings marking the anniversary of the start of a conflict which shows no sign of ending and has deepened hatred on both sides.

"We come here to show our determination to continue the Intifada (uprising) until we achieve freedom," Nablus Governor Mahmoud Aloul told the cheering crowd.

One group of Palestinians held a banner declaring: "As long as there is a single soldier or a Jewish settler pulling the trigger, we have to hit back the same way. If they pull the trigger with one finger, we should use 10 fingers."

Several thousand people also marched in the Gaza Strip in the past three days, and in a refugee camp in Lebanon, thousands of Palestinians joined the pledge to fight on. But otherwise there has been little celebration after bloodshed in which more than 2,000 Palestinians and over 800 Israelis have died.

Source: Agencies


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