Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 13)
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Putting off fires of angry Palestinian masses
TIMED BOMBS:
In Jerusalem, a Zionist military
spokesperson declared that experts had
dismantled two bombs that were disco-
vered shortly before they exploded. One
of these bombs was found in a central
car garage on the road to Bethlehem,
while the other was discovered in the
railroad station in Jerusalem. Soon after
the news was revealed, the Zionists
frantically warned of ‘unfamiliar objects’
which may contain bombs.
The occupation authorities
increased their military presence in the
West Bank and Gaza while helicopters
were used to intimidate the nationalists
and to repress all demonstrations. The
enemy declared a state of emergency in
the Galilee. According to Zionist
sources, the authorities closed all roads
connecting the 1967 occupied territories
and the rest of the occupied lands in an
attempt to stop the West Bank residents
from participating in the Day of the Land
celebrations in Galilee. Obviously, all
their efforts were in vain.
THE 30th OF MARCH
At the dawn of March 30th, the
Palestinian people started their celebra-
tions. Demonstrators throughout the
occupied homeland affirmed their united
position to stand firm against all the
enemy’s repressive and oppressive
measures. They vowed to continue their
resistance of occupation and struggle
for their national independence.
Inspite of the fact that the Zionist
authorities had rallied more forces to
repress the demonstrations and used all
methods of terror, yet our masses
rendered the enemy a heavy blow
through their many large demonstra-
tions. The sons and daughters of Pales-
tine in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip,
and Nazarath gathered to say in one
united voice «no to occupation».
Throughout Galilee and the sur-
rounding towns, three major demonstra-
tions and rallies were held under the two
main slogans of «It is the right of the
Palestinian Arabs to have their own
independent state» and «Israeli soldiers
out of Lebanon».
The enemy, as usual, opened fire
on the demonstrators in the various
Palestinian cities and camps seriously
injuring four nationalists of whom one
was critically wounded. Palestinian
sources in the occupied homeland
stated that twenty five year old Ahmad
Salman was critically wounded in the
Balata camp near Nablus. In addition,
the source stated that two others were
injured in Jenin and a fourth Palestinian
youth named Yaser Nizal (17), was
wounded in Qabattiyah.
An Israeli TV cameraman was
injured in the town of Sakhnin in the
Galilee during one of the celebrations
when attacked by the attendents after
they warned him not to take their pic-
tures.
Sakhnin witnessed a demonstra-
tion that marched through the streets of
the town to the graveyards where three
of the town’s martyrs who were shot in
the first celebration of the Day of the
Land in 1976, were buried.
A similar demonstration took place
in the town of al Tibah in Galilee, where
the demonstrators sang ‘Beladi...Beladi’
(my country,my country), which is the
PLO’s national anthem. They also car-
ried banners stating «the people of
Palestine». The walls of the town were
covered with slogans and Palestinian
flags.
Also the village of Araba in Galilee
witnessed similar demonstrations and
according to a Zionist spokesperson,
«many incidents took place in the West-
ern Galilee, including arrests in the vil-
lage of Baqat after its residents raised
the Palestinian flag». The residents of
the Golan Heights also participated in
the demonstrations and rallies that took
place in North Palestine.
Palestinian sources in the occupied
homeland mentioned that the occupa-
tion authorities fired on demonstrations
that were held in the camps of Balatta
and Kalandia. The demonstrators con-
fronted the Zionist forces with stones in
various places in the West Bank and
Galilee and raised the Palestinian flag in
the middle of Nablus.
1,525 ARRESTS:
During two days, the number of the
Palestinians arrested in the West Bank
alone reached 724 individuals. Among
them there were sixteen school and uni-
versity female students, twenty seven
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