Thousands of Palestinian citizens on Thursday took part in a massive rally to commemorate the anniversary of Palestine Land Day in Sakhnin city north of 1948 Occupied Palestine.
The demonstrators headed from the Al-Shuhada’ street to the Al-Shuhada’ graveyard raising the Palestinian flag.
In his speech at the rally the head of the High Follow-up Committee in 1948 Occupied Palestine Muhammad Baraka said that “the Palestinian land is the core of our struggle” against Israel.
For his part the head of the National Democratic Alliance Sami Abu Shehada affirmed that the Palestinian people and lands are repeatedly subjected to racist Israeli policies.
Moreover the mayor of Sakhnin Safwat Abu Raya said that the Palestinian people have been commemorating Land Day for decades to honor the sacrifices of the Palestinian martyrs who were killed in 1976 stressing that the Palestinians will follow the footsteps of the martyrs.