On 30 March 1976, Palestinians inside Israel went on general strike to protest the government’s plan to expropriate 5,000 acres of land in the Galilee. By the end of the day, six Palestinians had been shot dead by Israeli forces.
See footage from the day here:
On March 30th, 1976 Palestinians demonstrated against the occupation's plan to confiscate thousands of acres northen Palestine.#يوم_الأرض pic.twitter.com/n6RhNbfbAk
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 30, 2017
Now Palestinians mark “land day” on March 30 each year to protest Israel’s ongoing theft of Palestinian land.
Marches were held around historic Palestine, and some were met with violent responses by Israeli forces. This march in Bethlehem went to the site of a newly constructed section of the separation wall in Beit Jala:
#Video | Palestinians in occupied #Bethlehem march to Commemorate Land Day today, and #IOF dismantle the march by tear-gas bombs.#يوم_الأرض pic.twitter.com/4azGFrXAIW
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 30, 2017
This march in Hebron ended in arrests:
As did this march near Nablus, where protesters threw stones at Israeli forces:
Land Day was also the inspiration for many pro-Palestinian posters, such as these below:
