COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: Today marks an anniversary in Israel and the occupied territories. While Israelis are celebrating independence day, Palestinians are demonstrating. And CNN's Sheila MacVicar is in the West Bank city of Ramallah with the story for us now. She joins us now by telephone. Sheila, what's happening?</s>SHEILA MACVICAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Colleen, in the last few minutes, it appears that this protest in the north end of Ramallah, just north of Jerusalem, is breaking up. That comes -- there hasn't been any gunfire here for 10 or 15 minutes. There are still ambulances, though, ferrying the wounded away from that clash point. There goes one now. The quiet comes</s>MCEDWARDS: And, Sheila, this, of course, is a day of celebration for Israelis. Tell us how they're marking this day.</s>MACVICAR: It's a little hard to tell from the West Bank, because here, this is what Palestinians call "The Great Catastrophe," the day in 1948, 53 years ago, where the Arab armies were defeated and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians uprooted and leaving their homes. This is a day that the Palestinians commemorate as a great loss of homeland and a day of great sadness for them. In Israel, it is historically a day of great pride and great celebrations.</s>MCEDWARDS: All right, CNN's Sheila MacVicar, who is in Ramallah, where the demonstrations are taking place to mark this day for Palestinians. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Turmoil on Day of Celebration in Israel