OPINION: What have the Palestinians gained from a year of protests along the eastern Gaza fence?
Nour El Taweel
![Israeli forces fire at Palestinians during the Great March of Return on 22 February 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Palestinians-continue-to-defy-Israel-and-protect-Al-Aqsa2.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
Israeli forces fire at Palestinians during the Great March of Return on 22 February 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]
![Israeli forces fire at Palestinians during the Great March of Return on 22 February 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/d2.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Palestinians-continue-to-defy-Israel-and-protect-Al-Aqsa2.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
Israeli forces fire at Palestinians during the Great March of Return on 22 February 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]