Egyptian Parties Commemorate Palestine Land Day

By Nawal Sayed

Egyptian parties commemorated the 43th Land Day of Palestine in the presence of dozens Egyptian and Palestinian politicians at Tagamou Party’s headquarters.

Advisors of the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo, Ambassador of Venezuela to Egypt and a number of Palestinian figures attended the ceremony too on Saturday.

Vice-President of Tagamou Party Atef Maghawry saluted the Palestinian people and their sacrifices in the Land Day.

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All the attendees expressed their rejection to the US peace deal, known as Deal of the Century, and stressed their support to Palestinian cause.

March 30, is a day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel.

In 1976, in response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams (1000 m2) of land for state purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev.

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In the ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army and police, six unarmed Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied at the Israel-Gaza border on March 30, facing off against Israeli tanks and troops on the first anniversary of the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations.

Around 200 Gazans have been killed by Israeli troops since the protests started on March 30 last year, according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures.

An Israeli soldier was also killed by a Palestinian sniper.

Four Palestinians were killed, Gaza medical officials said. Three were 17-year-olds shot dead by Israeli troops while protesting, they said, adding another person was killed at an overnight protest hours before the main rally.

The protesters were demanding the end to a security blockade imposed on Gaza by Israel and want Palestinians to have the right to return to land from which their families fled or were forced to flee during Israel’s founding in 1948.