As we conclude the year 2024, we find it more difficult than ever to report it. Being an organization that uses the teaching and exposing of erased history as a way to transform political visions, the past year has challenged Zochrot in almost every way possible. When genocide has become a daily reality, when children are being starved and maimed and murdered in Gaza just a short drive from where we live, by soldiers we may know, as the Nakba is reoccurring in multitudes of horrific ways, holding activities and reporting them may seem trivial, even redundant. Our main challenge has become holding the space for activists, for radical political visions and humanistic thinking even in these times, insisting that a different future is possible in Palestine, and that we must work for it now.

Zochrot has been dedicated to teaching the Nakba of Palestine for over 20 years. Our analysis connects the past to the present and sees the Nakba not as a historical event but as an ongoing process of colonization, domination and dispossession. In 2024, this process has reached a peak of violence and destruction we could not have imagined, yet were compelled to witness.

These are transformative times. Amidst the horror, fear and grief, we know that things will not be as they were, and what we do now will matter to shaping the future. So, we acted in the best ways we know how: By cultivating a resisting community, teaching and creating paths for transformative learning. We conducted 68 activities that engaged 2,246 participants throughout the year. Behind each of them is determination and willingness to challenge the colonial mindset that has led to the current catastrophe. 

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