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| LAND DAY Artwork by Suzanne via Palestine Poster Project |
Today marks 50 years of honoring Land Day — a commemoration of the Palestinian ongoing struggle against the Israeli government's theft of Palestinian land. This commemoration of Land Day also falls during the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians for the third year in a row.
With immense grief and rage at the horrors the Israeli military is committing in Gaza and the occupied West Bank right now, we recognize Palestinians’ deep roots in their land as we support the struggle for Palestinian freedom. We honor the steadfastness and resilience of those who have resisted land theft by the Israeli government, military, and Israeli settlers.
This day commemorates Palestinian land defenders from every era:
Those across historic Palestine who went on a mass strike to protest the Israeli government’s takeover of their land in the Galilee on this day in 1976;
The Great March of Return protesters of Gaza who launched weekly protests for 21 months demanding their right of return on this day in 2018;
and those who continue to resist genocide, encroaching Israeli settlement growth, home demolition, and displacement everyday—from Gaza City to Khan Younis to Masafer Yatta to Sheikh Jarrah to Huwara, Nablus, Jenin and beyond.
We mourn the tens of thousands who were killed or permanently injured by the Israeli military over the years. We honor those who rose up in 1976 and all who have risen up to fight for justice in Palestine. In their memory, we recommit to supporting Palestinians in their struggle to end Israeli genocide, settler-colonialism, and ethnic cleansing, and for their right of return.
Artwork by Suzanne via Palestine Poster Project
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