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Mondoweiss contributor Leehee Rothschild said ambulance sirens "combine(d) with the screams to create a horrible cacophony."
"Once again, I'm struggling to find the words to describe eyes which are blinded by clouds of tear-gas, and the foul smell of the skunk water that creeps through the nose. All senses are consumed, and the rubber coated bullets are buzzing around, they're shooting them from canons now, ten at once."
Bloody Friday won't easily be forgotten. Nor will other days marked by Israeli state terror. Hardly any pass without it. Why else do Palestinians resist to be free?
One day they will be because courage that resolute pays off. Remembering the six Land Day victims provides inspiration. A Sakhnin cemetery monument bears their names and inscription saying:
"They sacrificed themselves for us to live." Two sculptors created the monument, one Jewish, the other Arab. Perhaps it's a good omen.
A Final Comment
On April 25, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) headlined, "Occupied Lives: Marking Land Day, marking lives," saying:
Peaceful Palestinian demonstrations faced Israeli violence. One death was reported. Dozens more were injured, including 18 children. Commenting on the day, Mahmoud Khaled Mahmoud Abed Nabi said:
He "was shot in the chest. The bullet entered on the left of my chest and exited from my right side. It was fired from a watchtower in the fence."
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