2000 demonstrators gathered in
Jaffa today (Friday, March 28) to mark the 32nd annual Land Day.
Participants included MK Muhammad Barake, MK Dov Khenin and former MK Tamar
Gozansky (leading members of the DFPE-Hadash - Communist Party of
Israel) and prominent figures in the Arab population - the Nazareth Mayor
Ramez Jeraizi.
Jaffa residents
were protesting what they called "being pushed out of the city" by hundreds of
eviction and demolition orders issued to families from the city's Ajami
neighborhood. The city authorities claims that the homes in question "were
constructed illegally, or that their occupants are squatting". Hundreds of Jews,
mostly Tel-Aviv residents or members of the Communist Party also took part
in the event, at which protesters waved red and Palestinian flags.
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