Israel prepares for mass protests
JERUSALEM, March 29 (UPI) -- Israel is gearing up to confront attempts by thousands of Palestinian and Arab demonstrators to breach its borders to protest land policies, officials said.
Thousands are expected to participate in the Global March to Jerusalem organized by pro-Palestinian organizations abroad that have called on protesters to march on Israel's borders with Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Gaza and the West Bank Friday as part of Land Day demonstrations opposing Israeli policies.
Land Day also marks the anniversary of the 1976 deaths of six demonstrators killed by security forces in similar protests.
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