Palestinians Mark Land Day

West Bank, 20 Jumadil Akhir 1437/30 March 2016 (MINA) – The Palestinian people mark Wednesday the 40th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day amid calls for general strike and marches throughout the occupied territories.

A general strike was declared in the Palestinian towns and cities within the Green Line since the early morning hours. Two popular marches are also scheduled to be organized in the afternoon in Battof and Negev in commemoration of the Land Day, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The participants will first visit the tombs of the six Palestinian citizens who were killed on March 30, 1976. The Higher Monitoring Committee has called for massive participation in the general strike and in the events.

Similar marches and events are scheduled to be organized today throughout the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and in the diaspora marking the Land Day. In Gaza Strip, activists started on Tuesday planting trees along the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied territories.

On March 30, 1976, Israeli police repressed protests by Palestinian citizens against the confiscation of Arab land in the Galilee for use by Jewish settlers.

Six protesters were killed, some 100 wounded and hundreds were arrested. Ever since, Palestinians in occupied Palestine and the diaspora mark Land Day on March 30.(T/P008/R07)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)