Tag: Land Day
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Nabi Saleh Land Day Protest met with extreme violence and M16 live ammunition
30th March 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah team | Nabi Saleh, Occupied Palestine On the 28th of March 2015, close to 200 protesters from all over the West Bank gathered in Nabi Saleh to protest the occupation in commemoration of Land Day. The protest was met with extreme violence as the Army and Border Police fired…
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VIDEO: Land Day, Gaza Strip
27th March 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Marco Varasio | Gaza, Occupied Palestine On Land Day, 2014, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in Beit Hanoun, Gaza marched toward the separation barrier in the “no-go zone.” Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas canisters to break up the peaceful demonstration. Two people were overcome by the…
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Tree planting met by tear gas and settlers’ death threats
27th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Qaryut, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus In commemoration of Land Day, five hundred villagers planted trees on land banned from cultivation for 17 years in the Palestinian village of Qaryut. The action was met by tear gas by Israeli soldiers and threats from Israeli settlers. On 27 March, this…
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Mahmoud, 19 years old, killed at Erez during Land Day between dreams and hopes: The words of his family
by Rosa Schiano 11 April 2012 | il Blog di Oliva On Friday 30th March, during the “Land Day,” Gaza joined the Global March in order to remember the confiscation of Palestinian lands by Israel which were protested against on the 30th March 1976. 6 Palestinians were killed and hundreds were injured. In Gaza this…
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They shoot the youth don’t they?
by Johnny Bravo 4 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On March 30, 1976, the Palestinian people declared a general strike and demonstrated against the Israeli confiscation of thousands of acres of land in the Galilee. The Israeli’s responded with violence, killing six unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and injuring hundreds. Every year Land Day is…
