In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “day on which israeli arabs yearly protest israeli expropriation of their land”. Today it says “day of commemoration for palestinians”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Land Day , March 30 , is a day on which Israeli Arabs yearly protest Israeli expropriation of their land. The practice started in 1976 , when Israeli Arabs in Sakhnin marched in protest against Israeli confiscations of 5,000 acres of Arab-owned land, and six were killed in confrontations with the police. The 5,000 acres in question were classified as "closed military zones" before being turned into housing for Jews. v t e1
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Land Day poster Land Day ( , Yom al-Ard ; , Yom HaAdama ), March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976.In response to the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for "security and settlement purposes", a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev .In the ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army and police, six Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested.Scholarship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict recognizes Land Day as a pivotal event in the struggle over land and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state and body politic.It is significant in that it was the first time since 1948 that Arabs in Israel organized a response to Israeli policies as a Palestinian national collective.An important annual day of commemoration in the Palestinian national political calendar ever since, it is marked not only by Arab citizens of Israel, but by Palestinians all over the world .
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Land Day ( , Yom al-Ard ; , Yom HaAdama ), March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976. In response to the Israeli government 's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for security and settlement purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev . In the ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army and police, six unarmed Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested. Scholarship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict recognizes Land Day as a pivotal event in the struggle over land and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state and body politic. It is significant in that it was the first time since 1948 that Arabs in Israel organized a response to Israeli policies as a Palestinian national collective. An important annual day of commemoration in the Palestinian national political calendar ever since, it is marked not only by Arab citizens of Israel, but also by Palestinians all over the world .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Palestinian day of commemoration Land Day ( , Yawm al-ʾArḍ ; , Yom HaAdama ), March 30, is a day of commemoration for Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel. In 1976, in response to the Israeli government 's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for state purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev . In the ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army and police, six unarmed Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested. Scholarship on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict recognizes Land Day as a pivotal event in the struggle over land and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state and body politic . It is significant in that it was the first time since 1948 that Arabs in Israel organized a response to Israeli policies as a Palestinian national collective. An important annual day of commemoration in the Palestinian national political calendar ever since, it is marked not only by Arab citizens of Israel, but also by Palestinians all over the world .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian day of commemoration Land Day ( , Yawm al-ʾArḍ ; , Yom HaAdama ), March 30, is a day of commemoration for Arab citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel. In 1976, in response to the Israeli government 's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for state purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev . In the ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army and police, six unarmed Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested. Scholarship on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict recognizes Land Day as a pivotal event in the struggle over land and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state and body politic . It is significant in that it was the first time since 1948 that Arabs in Israel organized a response to Israeli policies as a Palestinian national collective. An important annual day of commemoration in the Palestinian national political calendar ever since, it is marked not only by Arab citizens of Israel, but also by Palestinians all over the world .
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Palestinian day of commemoration Land Day ( Arabic : يَوْم اَلْأَرْض , romanized : Yawm al-ʾArḍ ; Hebrew : יוֹם הַאֲדָמָה , romanized : Yom HaAdama ), recurring on March 30, is a day of commemoration for Palestinians , both Arab citizens of Israel and those in the Israeli-occupied territories of the events of that date in 1976 in Israel.In 1976, the Israeli government announced a plan to confiscate some 20,000 dunams (20 km ; 7.7 sq mi) of land for state purposes between the Arab villages of Sakhnin and Arraba , of which 6,300 dunams (6.3 km ; 2.4 sq mi) was Arab-owned.It formed part of the Israeli government's strategy aimed at the Judaization of the Galilee .In response, Arab towns declared a general strike and marches were organized from the Galilee to the Negev .The Israeli military and police killed six unarmed Arab demonstrators, half of whom were women; injured one hundred more; and arrested hundreds of others. Scholarship on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict recognizes Land Day as a pivotal event in the struggle over land and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state and body politic . It is significant in that it was the first time since 1948 that Arabs in Israel organized a response to Israeli policies as a Palestinian national collective. An important annual day of commemoration in the Palestinian national political calendar ever since, it is marked not only by Arab citizens of Israel, but also by Palestinians all over the world . The Jerusalem Post, English Online Edition .What it Means to be Palestinian: Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood .
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day on which israeli arabs yearly protest israeli expropriation of their land
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day of commemoration for arab citizens of israel and palestinians of the events of that date in 1976 in israel
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