The minor coverage by Arab media and the relatively low number of participants at Sunday’s protests attest to the failure of “Naksa Day.” The Syrian regime also failed in its efforts to divert local and global public opinion away from the Syria uprising to the Palestinian “marches of return” towards the Golan border fence. At this time, “Naksa Day” on the Syrian border and in the territories was a weak imitation of “Nakba Day” events some three weeks ago. There are three main reasons for this.

The first reason is the lack of motivation and enthusiasm on the Palestinian side, which was noticeable several days ago on social networks. The calls urging people to protest were sporadic and unfocused, and did not show a significant effort by the large organizations and their leaders to excite the masses. To begin with, “Naksa Day” was meant to imitate the events of “Nakba Day,” which also wasn’t such great success, with the exception of the Majdal Shams border breach.”

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