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A member of Hamas' security forces stand guard as protesters gather near the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip May 15, 2011. Violence erupted on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, leaving at least eight dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term "the catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A protester holds an Egyptian flag and shouts slogans during a protest outside the embassy of Israel in Athens on Sunday, May 15, 2011. A few dozen Palestinians and Arabs living in Greece gathered outside the embassy of Israel to commemorate' Nakba Day' an annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people of the displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

A Syrian protester weeps as others, seen reflected in his sunglasses, chant slogans and hold Syrian flags during a demonstration demanding that Syria's President Bashar Assad step down, in front of the Arab League headquarters building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape a violent crackdown against an anti-government uprising that has claimed the lives of more than 800 civilians, Lebanese security officials and a leading human rights group said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Syrian protester chants slogans during a demonstration demanding that Syria's President Bashar Assad step down, in front of the Arab League headquarters building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians have fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape a violent crackdown against an anti-government uprising that has claimed the lives of more than 800 civilians, Lebanese security officials and a leading human rights group said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian protesters chant slogans and hold Syrian flags during a demonstration demanding that Syria's President Bashar Assad step down, in front of the Arab League headquarters building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians fled to neighboring Lebanon to escape a violent crackdown against an anti-government uprising that has claimed the lives of more than 800 civilians, Lebanese security officials and a leading human rights group said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

An Egyptian Christian shouts as he holds up a pendant of Jesus Christ during a protest against recent attacks in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

An Egyptian Christian chants slogans as he protests against recent attacks in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egyptian Coptic Christians sit below a banner, which reads: "We want a civil state, not religious and not terrorist ", as they protest against Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

An Egyptian Christian holds up a Coptic Christian cross as he takes part in a protest against recent attacks in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egyptian Christians chant slogans as they protest against recent attacks in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egyptian Christians protest against recent attacks in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Riot police block a street to the state television building where Egyptian Christians protested against recent attacks, in Cairo May 15, 2011. Two Egyptian protesters were shot in Cairo during Christian and Muslim demonstrations and an explosion occurred near the tomb of a prominent Muslim sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula, state news agency MENA said. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

An anti-government protester shows a cartoon depicting Arab leaders as babies during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa May 15, 2011. Top row (L-R) Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Libyan's leader Muammar Gaddafi, Morocco's King Mohamed and Jordan's King Abdullah. Bottom row (L-R) Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, former Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and former Tunisia's President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. At top is Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah

Egyptians look on as they pass by burned cars set on fire during clashes in front of the state television building where Coptic Christians protest the recent attacks on Christians and churches in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May, 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian riot police block a street to the state television building where Coptic Christians protest the recent attacks on Christians and churches, Egypt, Sunday, May, 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

An Egyptian Coptic Christian man checks his damaged car after clashes early morning in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May, 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian Coptic Christians set a wooden cross on razor-wire and barricades they block the streets with, as they protest the recent attacks on Christians and churches, in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May, 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

An Egyptian Coptic Christian with a cross painted on his wounded arm protests the recent attacks on Christians and churches, in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May, 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Thousands of Egyptians gather at Cairo's Tahrir Square during a protest calling for national unity. Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the centre of Cairo have left 51 people wounded, the health ministry said, as Coptic Christians pursued a sit-in protest against the violence. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Egyptian Coptic Christians set a wooden cross on razor-wire and barricades they block the streets with, as they protest recent attacks on Christians and churches, in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian Coptic Christians chant angry slogans as they protest recent attacks on Christians and churches, in front of the state television building in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 15, 2011. An angry mob attacked a group of mainly Christian protesters demanding drastic measures to heal religious tension amid a spike in violence, leaving 65 people injured, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Army troops arrive to disperse a crowd of protesters, who set fire to vehicles and hurled rocks at Christian demonstrators, in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. A mob of about 100 people attacked a group of Christian protesters in front of the state television building on Sunday, torching cars and injuring protesters with rocks, security sources said. Reuters/Asmaa Waguih

Protesters set fire to vehicles and hurl rocks at Christian demonstrators in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. A mob of about 100 people attacked a group of Christian protesters in front of the state television building on Sunday, torching cars and injuring them with rocks, security sources said. Reuters/Asmaa Waguih

Protesters set fire to vehicles and hurl rocks at Christian demonstrators in front of the state television building in Cairo May 15, 2011. A mob of about 100 people attacked a group of Christian protesters in front of the state television building, torching cars and injuring them with rocks, security sources said. Reuters/Asmaa Waguih

The Arab Revolution of 2011