Israeli Arabs observe their annual 1-day strike commemorating the 1976 incident in which 6 Palestinians protesting Israeli land confiscations were shot dead by Israeli police. For the 1st time, 3 Druze communities observe the strike. Land Day demonstrators storm an IDF base being built on land expropriated fr. the Arab village of Sakhnin. Israeli police disperse the crowd using tear gas, injuring 20 and resulting in the death of a 72-yr.-old woman. (MM 3/30; HA [Internet] 3/31, 4/5; WJW 4/6; JP 4/7)
In Gaza, 500 Palestinians marking Land Day block the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Gush Katif. PA police keep the protesters contained to prevent IDF intervention. (MM 3/30)
Some 150 Jews fr. Rosh Ha'ayin demonstrate against Interior M Sharansky's 3/27 decision to return 250 acres of land to the Arab village Kafr Qasim. (MM 3/30)
For unclear reasons, an IDF soldier shoots, kills a Palestinian driver at a checkpoint outside Shu'afat refugee camp in the West Bank, arrests his passenger. (LAW 3/31)