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Israeli Arabs demonstrate to mark Land Day

March near Tel Aviv to commemorate death of six Arab Israeli protestors in 1976

An Arab Israeli youth shouts slogans during a joint 'Land Day' rally of Jewish and Arab Israelis held in Jaffa, a mixed Jewish and Arab Israeli neighbourhood just south of Tel Aviv, on April 2, 2011. 'Land Day' marks an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Im

Arab Israeli protestors wave Palestinian flags and banners demanding for recognition of their land as they march to mark Land Day in the Arab city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2012. Land Day marks the annual event that commemorates the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in northern Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Arabs protest during a demonstration to mark ‘Land Day’ in the town of Arrabe, near the coastal city of Haifa on March 30, 2012, as thousands of people across Israel and Palestinian territories were holding a series of rallies marking ‘Land Day,’ recalling an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Arabs hold up the Palestinian flag as they protest during a demonstration to mark ‘Land Day’ in the town of Arrabe, near the coastal city of Haifa on March 30, 2012, as thousands of people across Israel and Palestinian territories were holding a series of rallies marking ‘Land Day,’ recalling an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Arabs protest during a demonstration to mark ‘Land Day’ in the town of Arrabe, near the coastal city of Haifa on March 30, 2012, as thousands of people across Israel and Palestinian territories were holding a series of rallies marking ‘Land Day,’ recalling an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Arabs protest during a demonstration to mark ‘Land Day’ in the town of Arrabe, near the coastal city of Haifa on March 30, 2012, as thousands of people across Israel and Palestinian territories were holding a series of rallies marking ‘Land Day,’ recalling an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Images)

An Arab Israeli woman looks out the window, from a house covered in graffiti, at protesters marching to mark Land Day in the Arab city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2012. Land Day marks the annual event that commemorates the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in northern Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

An Arab Israeli protester holds a poster during a march to mark Land Day in the Arab city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2012. Land Day marks the annual event that commemorates the death of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in northern Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli Arabs hold a Syrian national flag during a demonstration to mark ‘Land Day’ in the town of Arrabe, near the coastal city of Haifa on March 30, 2012, as thousands of people across Israel and Palestinian territories were holding a series of rallies marking ‘Land Day,’ recalling an incident in 1976 when Israeli troops shot and killed six people during protests against land confiscations. (AFP/Getty Images)

Arab Israeli protestors wave Palestinian flags and hold banners reading in Arabic ‘Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine’ as they march to mark Land Day in the Arab city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2012. Land Day marks the annual event that commemorates the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in northern Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

Israelis shout slogans from a balcony at Arab-Israeli demonstrators waving Palestinian flags who are marching in the street to mark Land Day in the Arab city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2012. Land Day marks the annual event that commemorates the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab land in northern Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

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