PHOTO ESSAY ~~ THEY DIED SO THAT WE CAN LIVE, AND THEIR SPIRIT LIVES ON
For a quarter of a century, the Palestinian minority in Israel has celebrated Land Day on 30 March 30 as a protest against Israel’s discriminatory policies toward its one million Palestinian citizens and to underline its collective and individual rights.
Land Day, or Yoam al-’Ard in Arabic, is also a commemoration of the bloody confrontations with state "security" forces that took place in 1976 when six Palestinians were killed and some 100 injured. The main action this year was in the town of Sakhnin in areas occupied since 1948. Over 10,000 attended the events from throughout historic Palestine. In Gaza: IOF assaults on Land Day demos: 4 youths shot at close range.