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Hundreds march in Deir Hanna in support of Gaza on Land Day

Land Day reoccurs on March 30 as a day of commemoration for Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians for the events of that date in 1976.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AN ISRAELI Arab girl takes part in a ‘Land Day’ rally, an annual commemoration of the killing of six Arab citizens by Israeli police in 1976 during protests against land confiscations in Deir Hanna in Galilee
AJEEC participant waving a Palestinian flag at a demonstration.

Does this youth group teach Palestinian nationalism, visit Arafat tomb?

The Jerusalem Post found on social media almost two dozen instances of Palestinian nationalism and Land Day and Nakba Day commemorations by the movement’s youth group and other programs

|ByMICHAEL STARR
A Land Day rally is held, March 30

Land Day passes with no clashes, defense establishment on high alert

Land Day commemorates the Israeli government’s expropriation of Arab-owned land in Galilee on March 30th, 1976.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A Palestinian woman steps on a replica of an Israeli flag during an event marking Land Day near the Israel-Gaza border as mass rallies planned to commemorate the event were cancelled amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus, east of Gaza City March 30, 2020

Land Day to be marked on balconies during coronavirus outbreak

Palestinians usually mark the day in violent clashes with soldiers in Gaza and West Bank

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM