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Zochrot (Reg. No. 580389526) aims to confront Israeli Jews with the memory of the Nakba and discuss it with them. Our memory of the Nakba is an alternative to that of hegemonic Zionism, opposed to it. The Nakba is the catastrophe of the Palestinians in 1948, destruction of their villages, expulsion and killing, but it is also an essential part of the history of the Jews who live here, and of this place. It is a part of history that has been silenced and almost completely erased from the country’s physical landscape. It occurred primarily in 1948, but its consequences continue to resonate today in various ways. The Nakba almost completely destroyed Palestinian culture, as well as the relations that had existed between Jews and Arabs. Zochrot supports the right of return of Palestinian refugees - the personal and civil right of each and every refugee expelled from his or her home - and views the return as an opportunity to establish a different set of relationships between Jews and Arabs in Israel.

In recent years the term “Nakba” has become more widespread in the Israeli media and Israeli culture. Ironically, it was due to the government’s desire to legislate the “Nakba law” to frighten anyone who wished to commemorate it on Israel’s Independence Day that the term became so widely known.