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Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]
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The Great Return March is a popular, peaceful march by millions of Palestinian refugees going back to the lands from which they were displaced in 1948 War.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

The march, planned for Friday, falls on the occasion of the Land Day, March 30, an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

On that day, and in response to the Zionist government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for ‘security' and settlement purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Naqab, during which the "Israeli" occupation soldiers martyred six unarmed Arab citizens, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

In further details regarding preparations for this year's event, members of the Palestinian Legislative Council [PLC] convened Monday near the Gaza Strip's eastern border with the "Israeli"-occupied territories in the run-up to a mass demonstration.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

All major Palestinian factions endorsed the planned rallies, during which demonstrators plan to converge en masse on the Gaza Strip's roughly 45-kilometer-long eastern border with the Zionist entity. 

While the event is meant to ratchet up pressure on the occupation regime to lift its decade-long blockade of the strip, it is also intended to reiterate the Palestinians' right to return to their homes in historical Palestine.

On Tuesday, bulldozers were busy leveling the five camp locations from north to south. Trucks unloaded portable toilet stalls, and the Palestinian Scholars Union, which represents clerics, declared participation in the protests a religious obligation.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

Also as part of the ongoing preparations, Palestinians started planting olive saplings in the border area to raise their continuing demand to return to their occupied land.

Palestinians Prepare ’Great Return March’ Mass Demonstrations [Photos]

The demonstrations will begin after the Muslim noon prayer on Friday. Buses will carry people from all over Gaza to the five tent camps, situated hundreds of meters from the border fence.

Organizers say they are trying to realize the "right of return," a Palestinian demand that descendants of refugees who lost their homes in 1948 should be able to return to lost family properties in what is now the "Israeli" entity.

The demonstration is meant to draw attention to the plight of hundreds of thousands of Gazans whose relatives fled or were expelled from their homes in what is now the "Israeli" occupation entity during the 1948 war surrounding its creation.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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