On March 30, 1976, Palestinians rose up in unified protest against the theft of their lands and livelihood and protesting the theft of 21 thousands of dunams of land in the Galilee. The Israeli occupation forces killed 6 Palestinians in response.

Since then, March 30 has become known as Land Day. It is commemorated each year to mobilize against further theft of Palestinian land and to re-assert the unequivocal right of return for Palestinians to their lands: the source of our livelihoods and our labor.

As Israel continues its campaign to destroy the earth’s capacity to sustain life in Gaza, the movements for climate justice and Palestinian liberation will unite to call for an end to the colonization of our planet for extraction and exploitation.