Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 14)

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Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 14)

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CELEBRATION IN WEST BERLIN
On March 24th, a celebration was held in West Berlin in
anticipation of the Day of the Land. It was sponsored by the
General Union of Arab students and attended by large num-
bers of supporters of the Palestinian revolution, from among
the Palestinian and Arab community and progressive Ger-
mans. The program included Palestinian national folkdance
and song, as well as speeches delivered on behalf of the
Palestinian revolution, the Lebanese National Movement and
the Lebanese Communist Party. A common theme in the
speeches was affirmation of the PLO as the sole, legitimate
representative of the Palestinian people, and emphasis on the
importance of unity in the PLO. All violations of the decisions of
the Palestinian National Council were condemned, as was
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Arafat’s visit to Cairo.
women of whom four were over the age
of fifty five. The reports from the
occupied land stated that these prison-
ers were transported in trucks to Al far’a
prison near Nablus.
In the Gaza Strip, the number of
prisoners reached 472, including seven
women, one of them a sixty year old
woman. There were also two female stu-
dents and nine men over sixty years of
age.
In the Triangle and Galilee, 329
nationalists were arrested, among them
13 girls and women.
The reports from the occupied
lands estimated the enemy's loss in the
West Bank, the Triangle, and Galilee,
during these celebrations, to have
exceeded one hundred destroyed cars.
Among them are the cars of the military
rulers of Nablus and Ramallah. In addi-
tion to that, the telephone lines in the set-
tlements were all cut off and Zionist flags
were burned. This is not to mention the
number of soldiers that were wounded.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE
DEMONSTRATIONS
Our masses with full strength car-
ried their celebration through to the fol-
lowing day. Zionist sources admitted
that for the second consecutive day, the
army and police were engaged in direct
confrontation with the demonstrators.
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These demonstrations and confronta-
tions took place in Beir Zeit University
near Ramallah, Kalandia camp near
Jerusalem and Duhisha camp near
Bethlehem. Palestinian sources men-
tioned that an Arab youth was injured by
the enemy's bullets when they were try-
ing to disperse the demonstration in
Dahisha camp. The youth was Mirwan
Amer al-Attar (14), and was taken to the
Palestine Hospital for treatment.
According to news reporters, Beir
Zeit University witnessed a tough battle
with the occupation forces. The students
built barricades of stones and burned
tires at the university entrance, thereby
closing the way in tront of the enemy.
They were also chanting anti-occupa-
tion slogans and raised Palestinian
flags. The occupation authorities closed
the university area after seizing it, and
ordered its closure. It also arrested
many of its students and wounded one
with bullets as they fired on the crowd of
students.
During this time, the Gaza Islamic
University was also experiencing similar
activities and was also seized.
Indeed, the Day of the Land this
year witnessed outstanding mass
demonstrations and _ celebrations
throughout all of the occupied lands. The
heroic military operations that were car-
ried out seperately by PFLP and the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, were qualitative in nature.
They both challenged and defeated all
the enemy’s security measures. The
PFLP freedom fighters shelled the
Zionist settlements in Galilee and seized
a bus and DFLP commandos carried out
the Jerusalem operations, making the
grounds tremble under the feet of the
Zionists.
The Day of the Land has always
been the symbol of the unity of our
Palestinian masses everywhere in spite
of the great geographical distances of
seperation. Our people especially under
occupation through their daily resis-
tance and the special activities of the
Day of the Land affirmed their national
identity and resistance to occupation.
They were able to put an end to the
Zionist false propaganda of «there is no
such thing as Palestinians». The Day of
the Land this year was full of resistance
and demonstrations combined with two
major military operations that affirmed
our people’s determination to continue
their struggle till victory. The celebra-
tions this year came to indicate that our
people who have been denied their
homeland and right of self-determina-
tion and have been subjected to the stick
and carrot policy have not diverted from
their national path. They stand united to
challenge all those that deny their
national identity, or claim it to them-
selves. @

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