And in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinians throwing rocks clashed with Israeli soldiers Thursday, who responded with volleys of tear gas and rubber-coated bullets. The protests came on “Land Day,” marking the anniversary of the 1976 killing of six Palestinians protesting the Israeli confiscation of Arab land. This is Palestinian activist Abdullah Abu Rahmeh.

Abdullah Abu Rahmeh: “Land Day should be like this—resistance against the settlers, resistance against occupation. They tried to arrest two protesters, but we were able to release them. Land Day is a day that defends the land. It is about planting, and it is also about resistance.”

The protests came as Israel’s Security Cabinet voted late Thursday to approve construction of Israel’s first new settlement in the occupied West Bank in over two decades.