Gaza rebrands border protests to resist US peace plan

Palestinians are preparing to resume the march of return along the Gaza border with Israel under a new name and expanded to include resistance to the US peace plan.
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Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 6, 2019. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Rasha Abou Jalal
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are preparing to hold regular demonstrations on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip to protest US President Donald Trump’s Mideast plan.

In a Feb. 19 conference organized by the Islamic Jihad in Gaza City, senior Hamas official in Gaza Khalil al-Haya announced that the Palestinian march of return on the borders with Israel with resume March 30 in rejection of the peace plan.

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