“And what would your grandfather say?”
Author: Amaya Galili 04/2012
what my grandfather did in the Nakba? Did he see the expultion of the Palestinians from the Hula Valley and the destruction of their homes? Did the same man who nurtured good relations with his arab neighbors also expelle them and prevent their return? Were they his neighbors, friends, enemies or all the above? How to reconcile these contradictio...
AS THOUGH 2000 YEARS HAVE GONE BY
Author: Liat Rosenberg 04/2012
"Public nuisance " was how police called a peaceful activity by Zochrot on the eve of Israel's Independence Day. Members of Zochrot sought to remind partygoers in Tel Aviv of the disaster which befell the Palestinians in 1948 and found themselves besieged by police officers.Liat Rosenberg on the perceived threat of the Nakba discou...
Nakba commemoration ceremony at Tel Aviv University
Author: Eitan Bronstein. Photography: Activstills 04/2012
We, Jews and Arabs, have gathered here today to commemorate the Palestinian catastrophe, the nakba.Those who were killed, those who were expelled from their villages, those who fled for their lives, who were not allowed to return home, who became refugees in their own land and in foreign refugee camps....
15/5/2012 - יום הנכבה במרכז תל אביב
Author: Eitan Bronstein. Photography: Nataniel Furgang 04/2012
On May 15, 2012, Zochrot commemorated the 64th anniversary of the Nakba in the center of Tel Aviv. About 100 men and women participated in a ceremony led by Liat Rosenberg. The commemoration was identical to the one planned for the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, which the police forcibly prevented...
15/5/2012 Nakba Day at the center of Tel Aviv
Author: Eitan Bronstein. Photography: Nataniel Furgang 04/2012
On May 15, 2012, Zochrot commemorated the 64th anniversary of the Nakba in the center of Tel Aviv. About 100 men and women participated in a ceremony led by Liat Rosenberg. The commemoration was identical to the one planned for the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, which the police forcibly prevented...
A few thoughts for Nakba Day
Author: Ariela Azoulay 04/2012
Regarding tomorrow's ceremony, we should note that even a serious study of the Nakba and the civil disaster accompanied the destruction of the obvious existence-together of Arabs and Jews until the founding of the State of Israel, even the little that is addressed regarding the disaster of such magnitude - is outside the fence...
Tel Aviv police blockade Zochrot’s offices to prevent a legitimate protest
Author: Stenographer LK 04/2012
Zochrot organization which comes to incite, to explain that allegedly all these areas here – here, because there’s an application (at Zochrot website) that allows you to search for a Palestinian locality by entering its full name, or part of the name.Type in a name or a location of somewhere in Israel to see what used to be there. I typed Ram...
The Jewish State above all?
03/2012
The Israeli mainstream, which Heitner faithfully represents, must make a difficult choice between (at least) two alternatives. One is to ignore the nakba (“It’s inconceivable to provide them with a forum!”), but then it’s clear that the increasing amount of information available about the nakba makes that impossible...
