Heightened Security Restricts Palestinian Land Day Demonstrations

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Last year saw massive Land Day demonstrations in Palestine, but this year's turnout was significantly smaller. Anna Lekas Miller reports.

Published Apr. 1 2013 11:30AM EDT

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On March 30, 1976 the Israeli government announced a plan to confiscate 20,000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Galilee region. Palestinians called for a general strike, taking to the streets en masse in the first Palestinian act of mass resistance inside of Israel.

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Heightened Security Restricts Palestinian Land Day Demonstrations

Last year saw massive Land Day demonstrations in Palestine, but this year's turnout was significantly smaller. Anna Lekas Miller reports.

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Anna Lekas Miller