Land Day general strike and demonstrations

Organizations/movement: PLO; UN General Assembly. Action: Resolution 3237 invited the PLO to participate as an observer. Result: The organization acquired an ongoing place in UN deliberations....

Organizations/movement: National Committee for the Defense of Arab Lands in Israel. Action: Representatives formed a committee supporting local land-defence organizing. Result: A coordinating...

Organizations/movement: UN General Assembly; CEIRPP. Action: Resolution 3376 created a committee to recommend implementation of Palestinian inalienable rights. Result: A continuing UN institutional...

Organizations/movement: Land-defence committees; Palestinian civic organizations. Action: A general strike and demonstrations opposed land confiscation, with solidarity actions beyond Israel....

Palestinian citizens of Israel organised a general strike and demonstrations against state land expropriations. Six Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli security forces. Land Day...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Front; municipal electoral lists. Action: Nationalist lists campaigned in municipal council elections. Result: PLO-supporting lists won, giving local leaders...

Organizations/movement: Palestine National Council; PLO. Action: The political declaration stressed military, political and popular forms of struggle and activity inside occupied territory. Result:...

Organizations/movement: West Bank and Gaza municipalities; PLO. Action: Municipal representatives sent a message to the United States and Soviet Union affirming the PLO programme. Result: Local...

UN General Assembly Resolution 32/40 B requested the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, beginning in 1978.

Organizations/movement: Women’s Work Committee. Action: Women established a committee reflecting a shift toward wider grassroots participation. Result: A new organizing structure joined the women’s...