Since March 30, Palestinian Land Day, tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have set up tents along the northern and eastern border with Israel in a symbolic act to claim their human right as refugees to return to their homeland, a right Israel has denied them for fear of losing its Jewish majority.
Every Friday demonstrators protest near the fence. For three consecutive Fridays Israel has opened fire against unarmed Palestinians. The United Nations human rights agency and human rights organizations in Israel, Palestine and around the world have condemned Israel’s use of lethal force.