
Special Focus: On Palestine Land Day, Al-Haq Highlights the Continued Nakba Through Land Registration Aimed at Mass Forcible Transfer
Land Day, commemorated on 30 March each year, marks the 1976 killing of six Palestinians during protests against Israeli land appropriation in Galilee. Despite ongoing international condemnation, Israel's policies of land confiscation, forcible displacement, and settlement expansion continue, particularly in East Jerusalem. Al-Haq highlights Israel's illegal annexation of Jerusalem and discriminatory land registration measures aimed at displacing Palestinians from their homes. In neighborhoods like Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, Palestinian families face imminent evictions facilitated by Israeli laws that favor Jewish settlers, contributing to the ongoing dispossession and marginalization of Palestinians.
This entry is original published by Al Haq .