MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : COMMENTARY FROM INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – Gaza Protests Mark Shift in Palestinian National Consciousness

2 April 2018 –  Protests in Gaza on Friday 30 March, at which Israeli forces killed more than a dozen Palestinians, were the largest of their kind in several years and are likely to grow over the coming weeks.

In this Q&A, Nathan Thrall, Director of Crisis Group’s Arab-Israeli Project, says the series of planned marches reflect the Palestinians’ determination to take matters into their own hands after losing faith in outside mediation.

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