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Rachel Beitarie, Executive Director of the left-wing Israeli NGO Zochrot, sits in front of the Jaffa Clock Tower. Around 95% of Jaffa's Palestinian population fled or were expelled during the Nakba. (Oren Ziv)

The Israeli left has broken the Nakba taboo. Will the right of return be next?

The past year has seen many left-wing Israeli groups looking beyond the occupation to confront the legacies of 1948, but they remain divided over redressing the exile of Palestinian refugees through return.

By Ben Reiff June 23, 2022

Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel take part in March of Return to the destroyed village of Hadatha, near Tiberias, April 23, 2015. (Activestills)

PODCAST: The Jewish Israelis helping make Palestinian return a reality

What do Jewish Israelis think about the right of return for Palestinian refugees? The answer is not what you might expect.

By Henriette Chacar May 29, 2020

Hava Keller, right, takes part in a vigil marking the 20th anniversary of the Women In Black movement, Jerusalem, December 28, 2007. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Remembering Hava Keller, a pioneer in the anti-occupation struggle

Hava Keller, who died at the age of 90 this week, was one of the few Israelis who spoke publicly about her role in the Nakba, and was at the heart of several groundbreaking anti-occupation and feminist movements.

By Oren Ziv January 2, 2020

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WATCH: The Nakba, from a feminist perspective

A monthly Social TV panel with Tammi Molad Hayo, Nahed Sakis, Dr. Safa Aburabia and Rawan Bisharat discusses the Nakba as it relates to women, militarism and peace.

By Social TV May 26, 2015

Jaffa Port (Lisa Goldman)

WATCH: ‘Jaffa flotilla’ marks destruction of Palestine’s cultural capital

Dozens of Palestinians and Israeli Jews sailed along the coast last week to mark the destruction of Jaffa — the former political, cultural and economic capital of Palestine — during the 1948 War. Organized by the Israeli NGO Zochrot, which works to raise awareness of the Nakba and promote the right of return among Israeli…

By Social TV May 22, 2015

Palestinian refugees from Syria fleeing the horrors of war on a boat originally headed to Italy.

Lifelong refugees: Palestinian boat people search for a new home

After escaping the horrors of the Syrian Civil War by boat, a group of Palestinian refugees washed up on the shores of Greece. Now they are wandering the streets of Athens without food or shelter. After four days at sea, with no food or fuel, 175 Palestinian refugees were rescued by the Greek navy. After…

By Samah Salaime May 21, 2015

South African Jews and representatives of Lubyan refugees at a public apology ceremony amid the ruins of the destroyed Palestinian village of Lubya, May 1, 2015. (Sarah Levy)

S. African Jews in Lubya: We’re here to acknowledge the Nakba

Among the ruins of the destroyed Palestinian village of Lubya, a group of South African Jews publicly apologizes to descendants of Lubya’s refugees for their donations to the Jewish National Fund, donations that were used to plant part of the forest that covers the village’s remains. In a forest glade set atop the remains of…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 2, 2015

Negev Bedouin speak during Zochrot's Public Truth Commission about the expulsion of the Bedouin residents of the Negev during the 1948 war, Be'er Sheva, December 10, 2014. (photo: Ahmad al-Bazz)

‘Truth commission’ uncovers the history of Bedouin dispossession

An informal ‘Public Truth Commission’ set out to find exactly what happened to the Negev Bedouin between 1948 and 1960. While Bedouin witnesses told stories of massacres, rape and expulsions, former Israeli soldiers said they were just following orders. By Tom Pessah I identify as straight, so I cannot claim to know how it feels…

By +972 Magazine December 14, 2014

A child of Diab Bakr is seen amidst the rubble of his home which was destroyed last night by Israeli missiles, in As-Shati refugee camp, Gaza city, July 22, 2014. Another home from the extended Bakr family was also destroyed and another one damaged. Hassan Khader Bakr, was killed during the attack in the street. Their cousins, Bakr family who live in the same area, lost four children, Ahed (10), Zacharia (10), Mohamed (9) after they were targeted by two Israeli missiles while playing at the beach on 16 July, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Don’t cry for me: A letter from a little girl in Gaza

With Palestinian children in Gaza bearing the brunt of Israel’s offensive on the Strip, this is what one little girl may have written to us – had she the chance. By Sam Bahour As the latest horrific obscenity of Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip continues, the death toll mounts. Palestinian children are paying the…

By +972 Magazine August 9, 2014

A youth dressed with uniform of the USSR army, marches during a protest marking the International Worker's Day in center Tel Aviv, May 1, 2014.

Photos of the week: Between May Day and Nakba marches

This week: Palestinian citizens of Israel march to the destroyed village Lubya, Israeli activists commemorate the Nakba, solidarity with administrative detainees, May Day celebrations, the leader of Israel’s refugee movement says goodbye to freedom, and more.

By Activestills May 8, 2014

Palestinian citizens of Israel take part in the march of return (Activestills)

PHOTOS: March of return to a destroyed Nakba village

On the day that many Israelis celebrated their Independence Day, thousands of Palestinian residents of Israel and Jerusalem marched to the site of the northern village of Lubya. Lubya was one of more than 500 Palestinian communities destroyed by Zionist militias in the Nakba, Arabic for ‘catastrophe,’ the term given to the forced displacement of…

By Activestills May 7, 2014

A Palestinian woman stands in front of panels bearing the names of those who died in the Deir Yassin massacre, Givat Shaul, West Jerusalem, April 10, 2014. On April 9, 1948, some 100-200 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by the extremist Zionist militias the Irgun and Stern Gang (Lehi) in the village of Deir Yassin. The Israeli activist group Zochrot ("remembering") organizes an annual procession to commemorate those killed and to recount the history of the village. (photo: Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Publicly remembering the Deir Yassin massacre

Activists walk through a West Jerusalem neighborhood carrying the names of some 100 men, women and children massacred 66 years ago by Zionist militias in the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin. They are met with curiosity, indifference and open hostility. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Jewish Israeli, Palestinian, and international activists carried three…

By Activestills April 11, 2014

Still image from the documentary "Standing by the Side of the Road"

Film review: A documentary explores Israeli attitudes to the Nakba

The eponymous scene of On the Side of the Road, a documentary that explores Israeli attitudes toward the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe, occurs midway through the film on an unpaved road just outside the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Interrupted by a curious Israeli family out for a pastoral drive, director Lia Tarachansky stops to…

By Lisa Goldman November 28, 2013