Since that day, on every following March 30th, Palestinians world-wide have commemorated the theft of land and the deaths of the demonstrators with Land Day events. Every March 30th, Palestinians world-wide have commemorated the theft of land and the deaths of the demonstrators with Land Day events. And it was Zayyad and his party that provided a major organizational impetus for Land Day. It was no accident that on this Land Day, the Netanyahu government announced the building of a major new settlement in the occupied land. But as Land Day 2017 has made clear, as the repression continues, so does the resistance.

Source: Huffington Post April 01, 2017 13:03 UTC