The importance of Land Day to Palestinians
Apr 09,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Land has always been central to the Palestinian national identity. I learned this lesson in 1971 when I spent time in […]
Thousands gather on Gaza buffer zone to mark Land Day, weekly protests against Israel
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published30.03.2019 Tear gas canisters fall among Palestinian protesters during a demonstration near the border with Israel in Malaka east of Gaza City on March 30, […]
How the American media provides cover for Israeli violence
Source: Arab News By Ray Hanania, who is a Palestinian American columnist and author of several books. Twitter: @rayhanania The US news media is stoking the violence in the Middle East […]
A letter to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Apr 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby During the week of March 25, 2018, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten house democrats to Israel and Jordan. […]
Served with a live notice
Apr 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The storming of more than 30,000 Palestinians of the border point between Gaza and Israel on Land Day showed the determination of the Palestinian […]
Israeli army kills 17 Palestinians in Gaza protests
More than 1,400 others wounded by Israeli forces during march calling for return of Palestinian refugees to their lands. A Palestinian woman wounded by Israeli sniper fire during Land […]
What ‘Land Day’ means
Apr 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby March 30, 1976, was a transformative moment in Palestinian history. On that day, Palestinian citizens of Israel organised and implemented a nation-wide strike to protest the Israeli government’s plans to confiscate thousands of hectares of Palestinian-owned land in the Galilee region. The […]
Palestinians mark Land Day with protests
Israeli troops fire tear gas in West Bank to disperse participants in event commemorating deaths of protesters in 1976. Palestinian protesters have clashed with Israeli soldiers as they demonstrated in the occupied West Bank before the 37th anniversary of Land Day. Palestinian Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and […]
Newspapers Review: Land Day Marches Dominate Dailies
Wafa: RAMALLAH, March 31, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Saturday focused on the Palestinian marches marking the 36th anniversary of Land Day in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The prime headlines reported on the violent Israeli crackdown against protesters, killing one Palestinian in […]
84 Countries participated in Global Jerusalem March.
Organizers: Global March to J’lem reached goals Jerusalem Post: Organizers of Friday’s Global March to Jerusalem said Saturday that the protest rally commemorating Land Day had achieved most of its […]
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops on Land Day
BBC: All crossings between Israel and the West Bank have been closed until midnight Israeli security forces have fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in […]