On Land Day, Palestinians commemorate the strikes and protests of March 1976 against the Israeli government's announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of acres of land. That day, 6 Palestinian protestors were killed while hundreds were wounded and arrested.
In this spirit, we must stand firmly against yet another attempt at the forced expulsion of Palestinians. 50 House Democrats urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to prevent Israel from moving forward with the forced expulsion of the people of Al-Walaja. Read the letter here. “We write to urge you to engage with the Israeli government to prevent the displacement of 38 families (approximately 300 people) and the demolition of their homes in the Palestinian village of al-Walaja in East Jerusalem…”, a group of 50 House Democrats wrote. According to the United Nations, al-Walaja has lost more than 85 percent of its lands since 1948, while 90 percent of the residents of the village and their descendants were forced out, many of them ending up in nearby refugee camps. International outrage can stop these demolitions. Harnessing today’s mass movement, it is crucial that we work to defend Palestinians’ rights to remain in and return to their homes. #SaveAlWalaja Israel’s apartheid regime has consistently displaced Palestinians from their native lands, simultaneously destroying their ecosystems. This Land Day, Palestinians across the board are resisting ethnic cleansing from al-Walaja, Jerusalem, to Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, to Al-Naqab desert in what is known as Israel today, to the Jordan Valley, to Gaza, and beyond. This Land Day, Palestinians and non-Palestinians across the world resist settler colonialism and call for long-overdue sanctions on apartheid Israel. We call on all enabling actors to end their support of this apartheid regime. Specifically in the United States, we demand that the U.S hold Israel accountable for its crimes by ending ALL U.S. taxpayer support to Israel, support any ongoing investigations and urge a UN investigation on Israeli apartheid, and hold institutions that promote Palestinian dispossession accountable, such as the Jewish Land Fund (JNF). Use this SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT to take action immediately. Want to continue resisting settler colonialism and Israeli apartheid? Join this webinar led by Stop The Wall and organized by a global Palestinian coalition on April 1, 2022, at 12 pm Eastern Time.  Thank you for taking action for Palestine, we can’t stop until it’s free. | 
