A series of events kicked off on Sunday morning to mark the 61st anniversary of the Kafr Qasim massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians.
A general strike and a mass rally were held in Kafr Qasim to mark the event.
Dozens of Palestinians joined a march that kicked off from Abu Bakr Mosque. Municipal delegates civil society representatives activists from 1948 Occupied Palestine and MKs from the joint Arab List were in attendance.
The rally-goers chanted slogans condemning the Israeli crimes against the Palestinians and vowing to keep up the anti-occupation struggle.
The marchers also called on the Israeli occupation to extend an official apology over the massacre.
The Kafr Qasim massacre was perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces on October 29 1956 in territories occupied in 1948 claiming the lives of at least 49 Palestinians among them women and children.
