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Land Day

Land Day: Resistance Issues Statement as Pro-Palestine Groups Protest around the World
On Land Day, Hamas rejected all plans for Palestinian displacement and resettlement, emphasizing the importance of resistance and the right of return, while Palestinians and their supporters around the world held demonstrations in solidarity. On […]

Palestinian Land Day Rally in Seattle Unites Many Communities – VIDEO & PHOTOS
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The mass rally, which started at Lake Union Park, marched in the city with hundreds of flags and banners. Thousands of people gathered on Saturday downtown Seattle, Washington to commemorate […]

‘Shame on You! – German Police Violently Crack Down on Pro-Palestine Protestors
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a video posted on social media, multiple police officers can be seen grabbing a Muslim woman and wrestling her to the ground, before brutally pinning her down. German police […]

United on Land Day: Palestinian Resistance Rejects Israeli Aggression, External Interference
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a resolute declaration marking the 48th anniversary of Land Day, Palestinian Resistance and political groups underscored their unwavering commitment to resistance amidst Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. The Follow-up […]

‘Our Home is Our Land’ – Land Day 2024 amid Gaza Genocide
By Benay Blend This year Land Day occurs during genocide, Israel’s destruction not only of people’s lives but also of the land. By March 30, 2024, Gaza will have undergone nearly six months of brutal […]

BREAKING: Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian Rally near Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli forces stationed near the fence separating besieged Gaza from Israel attacked a Palestinian rally commemorating Land Day on Thursday, March 30. The rally, organized by the political committee representing […]

‘We Will Never Give Up’: Gaza Mayor Leads Land Day Commemoration (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Land Day commemoration events continued throughout Palestine. On Thursday, March 30, The Gaza Municipality and the Ministry of Local Government held a public event under the banner “Our land is […]

On Making Land Day an International Movement Against the Settler Colonial States
By Benay Blend On March 30, 1976, Israeli police murdered six Palestinian civilians while they were protesting further expropriation of Palestinian land. Since that date, March 30 has been commemorated as Land Day, in honor […]

In Photos: Gaza Children Mark Land Day with Marches, Flags and Insistence on Right of Return
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On March 30 of every year, Palestinians everywhere mark Land Day. The anniversary marks the killing of six Palestinians during protests against the Israeli military’s plan to expropriate thousands of […]

‘There is No Going back on Our Right of Return’: Interview with Palestinian Freedom Fighter Raja Eghbarieh
By Louis Brehony The unity of the Palestinian people in resistance since the May 2021 uprising has continued to rattle the crisis-ridden corridors of power in Tel Aviv. Protests in the supposed heartlands of the […]

‘The Palestine Chronicle Was There’: Your Urgent Support Will Keep Us Fighting for Palestinian Freedom
On March 30, Palestinians commemorated the 46th anniversary of Land Day, a day in which all Palestinian communities in Palestine and around the world celebrate their unity as a people with a just cause, the […]

Affirming Global Indigenous Joint Struggle: The Palestinian Right of Return is Landback
By Omar Zahzah A History-Making Paper On March 30, 2022, on the occasion of Palestinian Land Day, the Indigenous organization NDN Collective released a history-making position paper affirming the interconnectedness of the Palestinian struggle to […]

‘We Will Not Forget’: Palestinians Commemorate Land Day in Gaza (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians in Gaza participated in a rally marking the 46th anniversary of Palestinian Land Day near the fishermen’s port in Gaza City. Land Day, celebrated on March 30 each year, […]

On Making Land Day 2022 an International Movement of Resistance
By Benay Blend On March 30, 1976, Israeli police murdered six Palestinian civilians while they were protesting further expropriation of Palestinian land. Since that date, March 30 has been commemorated as Land Day, in honor […]

Palestinians Mark Land Day, March of Return (PHOTOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinians at home and in Shataat marked the 45th anniversary of Land Day, which falls on March 30 of every year, with rallies and marches in Palestinian Arab towns inside […]

Land Day 2021: Existence, Resistance, Resurgence
By Benay Blend “In 2019 I went to Palestine twice,” wrote Ibtisam Barakat, “one time with Palestine Festival of literature in April.” When an officer informed her at the border that she didn’t exist in […]

MSO Organizes Conference to Commemorate Palestine’s Land Day in New Delhi
By Mohammed Anas The Muslim Students Organization of India, an outfit dedicated to moderate Islamic thoughts and justice-inclined Indian policies, organized a conference on the subject, “What Role Can India Play As A Friend of […]

Land Day 2020 in the Time of the Coronavirus
By Benay Blend On March 3, 2020, Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Network issued a call for a rally in New York City to commemorate the second anniversary of the Great Return March in Gaza. Plans were […]

Land Day Report: Sharp Rise in Illegal Jewish Settlement Building in West Bank
Newly-released statistics show a sharp rise in the building and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Quds Press reported on Sunday. According to a report issued to mark Palestine Land […]

Land Day to be Celebrated with Solemn Ceremonies: Palestinian Flag-raising, No Rallies
The 44th anniversary of Land Day, annually marked with marches and rallies in Arab towns inside Israel, in the occupied Palestinian territories and among diaspora Palestinians, will be celebrated this year with solemn ceremonies. Today […]

Palestine: 2019 in Review, Speculations on 2020
By Benay Blend To mark the end of the decade much has been written to sum up Palestine’s past year in review. Much of the news was not good, and as Ramzy Baroud notes in […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Youth, Injure Others in Gaza Protests
At least one Palestinian was killed and 32 others, including four children, were injured by Israeli forces while demonstrating along the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, according to medical sources. Israeli troops fired […]

Israeli Tear-gas Bombs Kill Dozens of Birds in Sebastia
Dozens of birds suffocated to death due to an excessive amount of tear-gas bombs fired by Israeli forces throughout the Sebastia village, northwest of the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, on Thursday. Mayor […]

On the Meaning of Sumoud
By Benay Blend In his poem “I Come from There,” Mahmoud Darwish distinguishes himself as the poet of resistance, insistent that he could make “a single word: Homeland” stand for Palestine, the place where he […]

Land Day in Gaza – Live Blog
Tens of thousands of people gathered to the border, to take part in Land Day protests, also marking the one year anniversary of “The Great March of Return,” as the National Committee for Breaking the Siege […]

Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire on Great Return March Anniversary
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man and a teenage boy and wounded 33 protesters, according to Palestinian medical officials. The protests mark the first anniversary of the often violent weekly border demonstrations in which […]

Million-Man March Sets off in Gaza on Land Day (VIDEO)
Injuries were reported among thousands of Palestinians who marched to the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Saturday, in commemoration of Land Day and as “The Great March of Return” protests mark one […]

Gaza Prepares for Massive Demonstration on March 30
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said that his movement is preparing for a massive demonstration on the occasion of Land Day, which marks the first anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege, […]

Palestinian Teen Succumbs to Wounds Sustained in Gaza Protests (VIDEO)
A 17-year-old Palestinian yesterday succumbed to wounds he had sustained during “the Great March of Return” protests in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that Ahmad Jihad Al-Aydi became […]

Pro-Palestine Candidate Wins New York Primary Elections (VIDEOS)
The US Democratic Party was sent into shock this week when a 28-year-old former organizer for Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid ousted a party veteran from his perch in Congress on a campaign of social justice, […]