The citizens of Quneitra and the occupied Golan commemorated on Monday the 40th anniversary of the general and open national strike declared by citizens of the villages in the occupied Golan on February 14, 1982 in rejection of the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to annex the occupied Golan to the Zionist entity.
Governor of Quneitra Abdel Halim Khalil, said “Today, we remember the heroism of our citizens and sacrifices of martyrs, civilians and captives,those who gave their lives in order to defend the land and identity despite the arrogance of the occupier which aims at cancelling the identity of the Syrian Arab Golan.”
On the opposite side, citizens of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan, commemorated the 40th anniversary of the comprehensive national strike as squares were decorated with national flags, and citizens came from villages of Buq’ata, Masada and Ain Qinya to Sultan al-Atrash Square in the center of Majdal Shams and marched to the opposite side of Ain al-Tine.
Syrian freed captive,Sidqi Al-Maqt, said in a statement to SANA reporter that after forty years have passed since the uprising of the people in the occupied Syrian Golan, today we are more determined to confront the occupier, reject all its plots and affirm that Golan is an Arab and Syrian territory.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)