Minneapolis, MN, March 30, 2014, 5:00 pm at Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Avenue

In 1976, in response to a non-violent demonstration against announced Israeli appropriation of Palestinian land, Israel’s army shot dead six Palestinians, wounded hundreds and arrested hundreds more. The commemoration of this massacre has been called Land Day. This year the Stop the JNF Campaign and other organizations (see below) mark the anniversary with the showing of a documentary film by Alex Safron, called Enduring Roots: Over a Century of Resistance to the Jewish National Fund.

From the opening scenes showing a Jewish National Fund bulldozer destroying a Bedouin’s tent in the Naqab to interviews with the victims of on-going ethnic cleansing, the 39-minute film Enduring Roots gives a clear and honest picture of the devastating impact that the Jewish National Fund (JNF or JNF-KKL) has on the lives of Palestinians. For over a century the JNF has been instrumental in expelling Palestinians from their homes and land and creating towns, villages and parks for Israeli Jews out of the ruins. This film shows the expulsion, how Palestinian civilians are affected and the ways that Palestinians are resisting that expulsion.

The event is sponsored by Stop the JNF Campaign, Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign (MN BBC), and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN). The film showing will be followed by a discussion. Join us on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 5:00 pm at Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis. $5.00 suggested donation (no one turned away).