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New Violence in West Bank
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Palestinians mark day of 'mourning'
- Duration 2:36
- Date May 15, 2012
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-- that is really been a long day -- violence here all over the West Bank especially where were radical idea checkpoint.
Go ahead and check it out as we look down on the battlefield if you will you see a number of Israeli soldiers up on that hurts they're trying to ride back.
The Palestinian rock throwers you also see where the Palestinian tactics.
A large tire fire there that's to put up a big smoke barrage of the Israeli snipers he would see what -- -- -- This is the Palestinian you can play.
Yes it's coming in from the Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinians.
I hear what they call that -- the day which translates into the catastrophe -- what that.
Palestinians call the creation of the state of 64 years ago biggest since.
Of the battle situation out here this is what the tear gas comes in in what are these -- -- fired from it and sixteen.
And this is what the Palestinians are throwing back the rock.
What are these rocks hit CNN hander in the arm thrown by slingshot they can -- an awful lot in the Israeli didn't try to.
Keep things comedy anger in the West Bank continues to heat up.
-- -- -- Well they'll have nothing to do you know we don't have guns and go and anything else with my contract have -- could -- The Israelis are now closed the whole -- checkpoint because in this suspicious package they -- it's been put.
On the wall they think it may be a bomb of them tied it there you have that bomb squad robot that I'm not expected.
Robots now but they'd -- an explosive device into the bulldozer they did an -- -- though they feel safe without having that drive off.
With this device.
Meantime of course the Israeli soldiers are still trying to push the Palestinians back to keep them from throwing rocks.
Right now at some of the Israeli soldiers are finally able to take a break here from -- -- annual day of rock but -- see.
All the rocks they came in on this position in it one point we're getting pelted pretty bad I've now been told.
By the Israeli military that indeed was what they call an improvised grenades it was put up there I'm told had it gone off next to somebody a soldier even a civilian at most likely.
Would have still the mark that as we toss it back to you in New York these.
-- and days of violence are certainly significant in the sense.
That the Palestinian that they want to.
Can use them to Begin to launch more and more protest as we head into the summer there's a lot of people saying if there's enough anger here on the West Bank.
To launch something like a third Intifada where we see that kind of popular resistance rock throwing in protest that we had back in the 1980s -- -- -- Lot of anger indeed.
Leland thank you very much -- -- better.