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4,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons at the end of 2020, according to the PA

“The [Palestinian] Central Bureau of Statistics said that… the number of prisoners in the occupation’s prisons at the end of 2020 reached 4,400 prisoners, including 170 children and 35 female prisoners, 12 of whom are mothers.”

Land Day – annual commemoration of the general strike and demonstrations organized by Israeli Arab residents of the Galilee on March 30, 1976 to protest the Israeli government's decision to expropriate land in the Galilee for security and building purposes, which it later implemented. During the protests, demonstrators burnt tires, blocked roads, and threw rocks and firebombs. Six demonstrators were shot and killed by the Israeli army and police. Israeli Arabs and Palestinians consider Land Day a national day.

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