Take Action: On Land Day – March 30th

March 30^th has been known as Palestinian Land Day since 1976, when the Israeli military shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel as they were protesting the confiscation of their land. In the wake of last year’s devastating assault on the Gaza Strip, the World Social Forum declared March 30^th to be an international day of action for the BDS movement. Today, Land Day symbolizes Palestinian resistance to Israel’s ongoing land expropriation, colonization, occupation, and apartheid.

This year, the Palestinian BDS National Committee called for Land Day once again to be an international day of action for BDS. They called for four types of actions to take place on March 30^th

1. Boycott and divest from Israeli and international corporations that sustain Israel’s apartheid, colonialism and occupation. There are some good resources on companies like Caterpillar, Motorola and Ahava Beauty Products.

2. Take legal action towards ending Israel’s impunity, including by investigating and prosecuting suspected Israeli war criminals in national courts and international tribunals.

3. Promote and apply pressure to implement arms embargoes against Israel as well as a freeze or cancellation of free trade and other preferential agreements with it, as a crucial and urgent step towards full-fledged sanctions against Israel.

4. Launch academic, cultural and sports boycott actions against Israel and its complicit institutions.

There are World Land Day actions happening in cities all around the world as part of a growing movement against Israeli crimes against Palestinians.