The Story of Palestine’s Land Day

By Staff

Palestine's Land Day is commemorated on March 30 every year marking the day on which in response to the 'Israeli' occupations government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of Palestinian land in 1976.

A general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the al-Naqab. In the ensuing confrontations with the Zionist army and police, six unarmed Arab citizens were martyred, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others detained.