DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Israel Closes Off West Bank Ahead Of Palestinians’ Land Day Demonstrations
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 30, 2012: Palestinians throw stones at Israeli troop, not seen, during clashes at Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, March 30, 2012.
Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators, anticipating possible clashes along Israel's frontiers on "Land Day".
The "Land Day" rallies are an annual event marked by Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who protest what they say are discriminatory Israeli land policies.
