Land Day 2006: "From Lid to Halhoul, from Ramle to Jenin"

March 30 marked the 30th commemoration of Land Day throughout Palestine, in the Palestinian Diaspora, and internationally. This year's central demonstration was held in Lid, near the Palestinian coast, occupied in 1948 when the majority of the people of Lid were expelled by the Zionist forces, thus made into refugees, awaiting return. Today, Palestinians in Lid face continued and escalating Israeli policies of ethnic cleansing.

In Lid, demonstrators numbered in the thousands, with slogans calling for an end to the expulsion taking place through the Judaization of the land and demolition of Palestinian homes. Demands for the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees could be heard throughout, as were calls reflecting Palestinian unison on both sides of the Green Line: "From Lid to Halhoul...from Ramle to Jenin...Long Live the Palestinian People" and "From Gaza the Decision Came: Intifada and Victory."

Land Day marks Palestinian national unity as Palestinians struggle to defend their land from unending colonization. In 1976, Israeli forces gunned down and murdered 6 Palestinians in the Galilee during a general strike and demonstration against continued Israeli appropriation of Palestinian land and settlement expansion.

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