'Im Tirtzu targets Zochrot for promoting the return of Palestinian refugees
Author: Eitan Bronstein Aparicio 06/2012
The continuing disregard of the Palestinian Nakba by part of the Israeli public and organizations like Im Tirzu, and, in particular, refusal to accept responsibility for it, makes it possible for the violent repression and the occupation to continue, making the Palestinians suffer, in particular, but also undermines the lives and security o...
Stretching the boundaries of discourse
Author: Gabi 06/2012
I think the left does a very good job opposing existing reality, being critical of it, but it often lacks an alternative program. Dealing with the return of Palestinian refugees, planning it, by definition presents a positive message rather than negating that which exists. I believe such an approach has three main advantages:
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"Repairing the Nakba"
Author: Noa Levy and Eitan Bronstein 06/2012
I believed it would be natural to sing thePalestinian anthem. I thought that severing the anthem from the Nakba would be ignoring its context, that connecting the Nakba with the anthem would be something that every participant would find natural and understandable. Sa’ar thought otherwise – that here is where our alternative to the Zion...
Act of Recognition at Imwas Village
Author: Tsipi Erann. Photography: Paz Tsur 05/2012
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Regime change passes through its zero year: 1948
Author: Adi Ophir 05/2012
It is difficult to underestimate the role played by Zochrot in transforming the discourse and awareness of the Nakba. While you did not create the conditions that allowed your voice to become so significant, you were there to provide something that is more than a vocabulary or a narrative...
Demilitarized Home-Lands
Author: Eitan Bronstein 05/2012
The plan is to turn the site into a visitor center for Palestinian refugees who wish to be reacquainted with the land to which they have never been allowed to return
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Fifth Symposium and Closing Night at Zochrot's Exhibition “Towards Return of Palestinian Refugees”: Planners Respond to the Exhibition
Author: Eitan Bronstein 05/2012
Aviv said the exhibit is trying to develop a new discourse, one that doesn’t yet exist, a new language, to involve others in, that’s confusing at first. I’d like to open the discussion with reference to this new language: What does it mean to invent one’s own language? How much clearer is it?
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"Bibi's House" - A discussion at Zochrot gallery
Author: Eitan Bronstein 05/2012
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