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In 2020 Zochrot continued to open new channels in discussing the Nakba and the return in ways that allow Israelis to go re-examine the events of 1948 and to think about Palestinian return as a possibility for a different, more just and peaceful future.
Since the beginning of 2020 we worked with different segments in Israeli society to expose more and more Israelis to the injustices of the ongoing Nakba and discuss with them why the return must be part of the solution. This, in continuation of our many years of work. We had carried out 55 different activities including 25 online tours, lectures and panels; We have also conducted 5 on-the ground tours to destroyed Palestinian villages under the restrictions of Covid-19, film screenings, workshops and more. About 2,000 people participated directly in these activities in 2020 and more than 28,000 participated indirectly, mainly through watching our activities online.
Throughout Zochrot’s many years of work we have learned that changing the discourse and triggering a change in the larger society involves much more than just making facts and information available. Zochrot’s work has contributed to a much more wide-spread knowledge of the facts of the Nakba among Israelis, but agreement on the responsibility for the Nakba, the need for redress and the way forward towards justice, is much less widespread. To help our society face its past and present crimes, we learned that we need to build a resilient community of committed people, among them teachers, artists, organizers and activists, who can serve as agents for social change.
Every year, 1700 to 2400 people directly participate in Zochrot’s activities, and at least 100,000 benefit from the resources we provide, such as maps, testimonies and information kits, via our website and social media platforms. We see this pool of individuals as a base for continued and focused work that they are both beneficiaries of and contributors to – using Zochrot’s resources to educate themselves and their communities and to advance recognition and truth seeking in different platforms. We see this kind of ripple effect growing in the last two years, 2019-2020, and we draw a conclusion from this growing interest to have an even more deliberate effort to cultivate an activist community capable and willing to carry on this effect.
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