Palestinians in Syria mark Land Day
A Palestinian mass rally was held on Monday at al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus in celebration of Land Day, which falls March 30.
The secretary of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement's central committee, Abu Mousa, condemned Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people in the occupied Arab territories. He denounced all forms of normalization of relations with Israel and warned against Israeli plots to undermine the Palestinian issue and the Arab nation's national interests.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in Palestine and Israeli occupied Arab areas on the occasion of Land Day held large-scale protests and demonstrations.
Reports from inside Israel spoke about large demonstrations in Galilee, Aqaba, Haifa, Negev, Gaza Strip and many other cities and villages in the West Bank with the participation of thousands of Arab Palestinians.
Marking the day, Arab local councils, teaching institutes, schools were closed all day.
Pamphlets distributed in all Arab cities and villages underlining the need to consolidate the struggle against occupation and Israel's procedures to confiscate lands and expand Jewish settlements.
The city of Bethlehem witnessed clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers resulting in several Palestinians being wounded.
