Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Israeli troops battle protesters in Syria, 20 dead

JERUSALEM—In another challenge to Israel inspired by the pro-democracy movements in neighbouring Arab states, hundreds of Palestinians marched Sunday on Israel’s border with Syria leading to a deadly clash with the army.

After calling on the marchers to stop, an army spokesman said, Israeli soldiers opened fire at their legs. State-run Syrian TV said 20 people were killed, including a woman and teenage boy, and 325 were wounded, 12 critically.

Ambulances raced to the hospital in the Syrian border town of Quneitra with the wounded and dead.

It was the second time in less than a month that Palestinians have tried to walk across Israel’s borders. Last time, during the demonstrations to mark the “nakba” or the catastrophe, which is what Palestinians call the creation of Israel, dozens of Palestinians succeeded in crossing the border, and 15 were killed.

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Source: Toronto Star 
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