{"id":3951,"date":"2014-03-30T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-10T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:25:09","slug":"epalestine-972mag-why-land-day-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2014\/03\/epalestine-972mag-why-land-day-still\/","title":{"rendered":"972mag: Why Land Day still matters (By Sam Bahour and Fida Jiryis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">By +972 Blog<\/p>\n<p>Published March 30, 2014<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"\">\nWhy Land Day still matters<\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>Today, with no resolution in sight to the historic   injustices inflicted upon them, Palestinians in Israel and elsewhere use   this day to remember and redouble their efforts for emancipation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Sam Bahour and Fida Jiryis<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Palestinians from the Galilee town of Sakhnin commemorating Land Day, March 30, 2013. (Photo by: Yotam Ronen\/Activestills.org)\" src=\"https:\/\/static.972mag.com\/dev\/uploads\/\/2014\/03\/sakhnin-demo-landday.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Palestinians from the Galilee town of Sakhnin commemorating Land Day, March 30, 2013. (Photo by: Yotam Ronen\/Activestills.org)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/why-land-day-still-matters\/\">https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/why-land-day-still-matters\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In memory and in struggle,<br \/>\n  Sam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ePalestine Blog:<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u title=\"\">http:\/\/www. epalestine.com<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Everything about this list:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u title=\"\">http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/<span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span>-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To subscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span>-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By +972 Blog Published March 30, 2014 Why Land Day still matters Today, with no resolution in sight to the historic injustices inflicted upon them, Palestinians in Israel and elsewhere use this day to remember and redouble their efforts for emancipation. By Sam Bahour and Fida Jiryis Palestinians from the Galilee town of Sakhnin commemorating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[73],"ppma_author":[936,970],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sams-writings","tag-land-day"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631) resides in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He does business consulting as <a href=\"https:\/\/aim.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied Information Management<\/a> (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.\r\n\r\nBahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder &amp; Emeritus Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/a4vpe.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy<\/a> (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Vision<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHe writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1994\/10\/homeland-oral-histories-of-palestine-and-palestinians-book-recommended\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBahour\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamBahour<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">epalestine.ps.<\/a>"},{"term_id":970,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"fida-jiryis","display_name":"Fida Jiryis","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images.webp","url2x":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/images.webp"},"author_category":"","first_name":"Fida","last_name":"Jiryis","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10280,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/10280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}