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The sixtieth anniversary of the Nakba was commemorated in 2008, along with the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the state of Israel. This conjunction raised awareness of the tragedy that made possible the creation of the Jewish state. The Nakba became a term widely used in the media, often in completely unrelated contexts (for example, a fan of HaPo’el Tel Aviv who was mourning the demolition of the Ussishkin basketball court called it “HaPo’el fans’ Nakba”). There was a feeling that everyone was talking about the Nakba, but there’s no guarantee they knew very much about it. Some probably tried to learn more about a word they’d heard so often, but the impression is that not many Israelis really learned much about the Nakba despite the frequent references to it.

In 2008, Zochrot continued to conduct tours of Palestinian villages destroyed in the Nakba, hold commemorative events, operate an information center and gallery, publish the journal “Sedek”, organize seminars, film video testimonies and conduct various educational activities. Two new projects stood out in 2008: A conference in Tel Aviv on the Return of Palestinian Refugees, and publication a Learning Packet about the Nakba, in Hebrew, to be used by Jewish-Israeli teachers.