Following Israel's bloody crackdown on Gaza Strip demonstrators in May, some Middle East groups are calling for an international force to protect Palestinian citizens.
The violence was especially deadly May 14 at the Gaza-Israel border; some 60 Palestinians were killed and hundreds were wounded. Palestinians were commemorating the Nakba — the day Israel was formed in 1948, displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians — and protesting the United States moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.