Learn about the history of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality and justice by exploring major events in the history of their oppression on this day of the year.
28 April
ISRAEL CROP SPRAYERS POISON LANDS OF PALESTINIAN CITIZENS
On this day in 1972, an Israeli Piper plane again flew over the Arab village of Akraba, spraying a chemical defoliant over the villagers' wheat crops. Previously, the Israeli Army had forcibly confiscated 100,000 dunums of the village’s arable land. In May, 1971 the villagers were asked to sell the remaining land. When they refused, their crops were destroyed for the first time by chemical defoliants.
رشاشات المحاصيل الإسرائيلية تسمم الاراضي الزراعية للمواطنين الفلسطينيين
28 أبريل
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام 1972 ، حلقت طائرة إسرائيلية من طراز بايبر مرة أخرى فوق قرية عقربة العربية ، حيث رشت مادة كيميائية على محاصيل القمح الخاصة بالقرويين. في السابق ، صادر الجيش الإسرائيلي بالقوة 100000 دونم من الأراضي الصالحة للزراعة في القرية. في مايو 1971 طُلب من القرويين بيع الأراضي المتبقية. عندما رفضوا ، تم تدمير محاصيلهم لأول مرة بواسطة مواد كيميائية.
Israel poisons the crops of Palestinian citizens
On seven occasions, over a period of two years, the Israeli government has sent planes to the Negev to spray the crops of Bedouin farmers with toxic chemicals. Some 7,500 acres of Bedouin fields have been destroyed since February 2002. The last such incident occurred as recently as March 2004, at Qtamat and Abeida villages, ruining some 750 acres of crops shortly before the harvest.It's common Israeli practice
Israel spraying herbicides inside Gaza
In an urgent letter to Israeli military officials, three human rights groups demand that Israel immediately stop spraying the dangerous chemicals into Gaza.
