Land Day 42 is Umm al-Hiran Day: Stop the destruction of an entire village
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On 30 March 1976, Israeli police killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel during protests against the government's expropriation of massive tracts of Arab-owned land. This tragic event is commemorated annually as Land Day.
In 2018 – 42 years later – the lands and homes of Palestinian Bedouin citizens of Israel in the Naqab (Negev) are under imminent threat.
Earlier this month, Israeli authorities entered Umm al-Hiran and posted eviction orders on every house in the Bedouin village located in the country's southern Naqab (Negev) desert. According to the orders, Israel will demolish the entire village at some point between 15 April and 29 April. The destruction of the village will leave 350 residents...