Palestinians call for ‘third Intifada’

Thousands of Palestinians around the globe have endorsed an online campaign, calling for a ‘third Intifada’ against Israel in order to free Palestine.

As many as 52,000 Facebook users have ‘liked’ a page saying “Palestine will be freed and we will free it,” AFP reported on Friday.

The page called for a “third Intifada (uprising)” against Tel Aviv’s occupation of the Palestinian lands and suppression of the Palestinian people.

A total of 6,200 Palestinians died during their first such move between 1987 and 1993 and the second one in 2000s, which were both fiercely confronted by Israel.

They also called for a march towards Palestine on May 15, the anniversary of Israel’s occupation of their homelands in 1948.

The year saw Israel fabricating its existence during full-scale military offensives against the Arab world.

The operations forced 711,000 Palestinians to leave their homeland. 2008 estimates put the number of Palestinian refugees at over 4.6 million.