 LAND DAY COMMEMORATED AS US STEPS UP PEACE MEDIATION: Palestinian protesters in Nablus confronting Israeli troops during a protest to mark Land Day on 30 March (when in 1976 residents of Sakhnin protested against Israeli land seizure policy, and six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces); while (far right) a US handout picture shows Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meeting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem (photos: AFP) parent page (3 - 9 April 2008, issue #891) |