AhlulBayt News Agency - Hundreds of Palestinians rallied in the 1948 occupied lands on Saturday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Palestine's Land Day and to express their rejection of an Israeli plan to build a city for Arabs in Jadeidi-Makr town in the Galilee.
Addressing the participants in the rally, head of the follow-up committee for Arab citizens Mohamed Barakeh condemned Israeli plans aimed at tightening the noose around the Palestinians in the 1948 occupied lands and called for standing united against all conspiracies.
For his part, Arab Knesset member Ayman Odeh criticized, in his speech, Israel's intention to build a city on lands belonging to Palestinians from Jadeidi-Makr town.
"We need such city, but the establishment of a city requires partnership and vast lands, and not establishing a misshapen one at the expense of people's lands," Odeh stated, warning that such an Israeli plan would prevent the development of Jadeidi-Makr."
The Israeli government has recently approved a plan to build a city for Arabs, for the first time since 1948, on lands belonging to Palestinian citizens from Jadeidi-Makr town.
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