Al Fenieq in Miska
Author: DAAR - Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency 08/2011
The notion of “return” has defined the diasporic and extraterritorial nature of Palestinian politics and cultural life since the Nakba in 1947-8. Often articulated in the “suspended politics” of political theology, it has gradually been blurred in the futile limbo of negotiations. Our project extends the legalistic appr...
Muchayem Lagi'in Israeli'in: Of one housing struggle and another
Author: Ofra Yeshua-Lyth 06/2011
Pointing at the basic choice of Israel to be a state for only one sector, defined by its religion, as the basic cause of this country's many malaises, including the housing situation.On August 4 at 19:30 a discussion will be held in Zochrot, 13 Mane Street in Tel Aviv with the writer and Raja Ommari on the subject "Politics, Religion and Democracy...
Educators teaching the Nakba in spite of political persecution by the Legal Forum for Eretz Israel
Author: Eitan Bronstein 06/2011
As in a regular ritual, The Legal Forum for Eretz Israel has asked the Minister of Education to prevent this activity organized by Zochrot. The newspaper "Makor Rishon" published an item on this last Friday, under the "intelligent" headline: Nakba Studies and Hotel Accommodation for 100 Shekels
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