This is from Mint Press, which tends to be purely pro-Palestinian:
9 Dead as Israel Responds to 'March of Great Return' Protest With Gunfire
The beginning of the march coincides with the 42nd anniversary of Land Day, when Palestinians worldwide commemorate six who were killed by Israeli forces for protesting settlements in 1976.
Ahead of the demonstrations, Gadi Eizenkot, Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), gave soldiers permission to open fire on mass demonstrations "in the event of mortal danger" and announced that Israeli forces would deploy more than 100 snipers.
"The instructions are to use a lot of force," Eizenkot told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
Organizers of the protesters, meanwhile, have encouraged marchers to remain nonviolent, and according to the Ma'an News Agency, "Dozens of signs have been set up across the border in Arabic, Hebrew, and English, saying 'We are not here to fight; we are here to return to our lands.'"
Here is the Middle East Eye, also pro-Palestinian:
Gaza challenges its destiny (Sunday, Apr 1)The Return March has shown that the Palestinian people will not tolerate the siege of Gaza any longer and that a popular explosion is not far off.
The Great Return March has established a very important, though exceptionally simply point, namely that the conflict in Palestine is between truth and falsehood. Between the victim and the aggressor.
Between the brutality of an occupation that seeks to "protect what it stole," and the bravery of the Palestinian who seeks to win a normal life and endeavour to "regain a stolen property".
The popular march has conveyed the tale of the people of historic Palestine, the people whose land was occupied, the people who were banished from their homeland, the people who are demanding freedom and return.
On the other side, Israel's narrative regards "the return" an attack on it and on its territories and claims it has the "right to defend" the sanctity of its borders. The two narratives are not equal, just as the claim of the criminal and the claim of the victim are not equal. The offender has an interest in concealing the truth and falsifying it whereas the victim's interest lies in disclosing the truth and making it known to the people.
The Great Return March has established a very important point, namely that the conflict in Palestine is between Truth and Falsehood, between the victim and the aggressor
Israel fears the moral power of the Palestinian issue. It fears the disclosure of truth and the collapse of its narrative that is founded on lying and deception. Perhaps what concerns Israel most is the sight of tens of thousands of refugees bearing the names of their villages and towns in a peaceful march.
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