50 Years On: Palestine’s Unbreakable Fight for Land

On 30 March 1976, Palestinian citizens of Israel took to the streets to defend their land against Israeli expropriation. Israeli forces killed six protesters. That day—Land Day—became a defining moment of collective Palestinian resistance against settler-colonial dispossession.

Fifty years later, the same logic of land theft, displacement, and brutal suppression persists. The systematic expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, the expansion of illegal settlements, and the daily violence of occupation are not isolated acts. From the Galilee to Gaza, from the West Bank to Jerusalem, Israel’s project remains unchanged: maximum land, minimum Palestinians. The United States – and other Western countries – arms, finances, and shields this project, undermining international law and any claim to a just peace.

Today, Palestine stands as a symbol of the broader dynamics of imperialist politics in the Middle East.

The current situation in the region is increasingly threatened by the policies pursued by Israel and the United States. Their joint approach fuels instability, entrenches systematic inequality, and diminishes prospects for security and dignity for the peoples of the region, from Iranians to Lebanese.

On this 50th Land Day, we reaffirm that the land belongs to its people. Palestinian land belongs to Palestinians who have the right to live in own independent and viable state which coexists with the state Israel.  We commemorate those who fell in 1976 and all the victims of the genocide in Gaza and the ongoing violence in the West Bank. We call on the European Union and the international community to stop enabling these violations with their complicity and to uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and recognize Palestine. .

Palestine is the measure. Justice is the demand.