Palestinian villages

The Kadoori, Hamias, and Ashram families sit at an improvised Shabbat dinner table next to their demolished houses in Givat Amal, Tel Aviv, Sep. 19, 2014. (Shiraz Grinbaum/Activestills.org)
The Mizrahi communities destroyed by Israel
Since its founding, Israel has systematically erased hundreds of Palestinian villages from the map. But Palestinians were never the only victims. This is the story of the Mizrahi communities erased before and after Israel’s founding. By Eitan Bronstein Aparicio It is well known that since the early days of Zionist immigration to Palestine, the Israeli establishment and…
By +972 Magazine December 28, 2017
An Israeli woman breaks into tears as she covers herself in an Israeli flag during a rally marking two years since Israeli soldier Oron Shaul was taken captive by Hamas, at the protest tent outside the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, Jerusalem, July 20, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Ending the occupation would undo Israeli identity as we know it
Bringing an end to 50 years of military rule over the Palestinians will undoubtedly change the face of Israeli society as we know it. Let’s welcome that change with open arms.  By Inna Michaeli The argument that opposing the occupation does not contradict a love for Israel has been heard over and over in the Israeli Left for…
By +972 Magazine October 31, 2016
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his 'I Have a Dream Speech,' Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
What is Martin Luther King’s name doing in the ruins of a Palestinian village?
The civil rights leader’s name mysteriously appears on a plaque dedicated to donors who contributed money to building a Jewish National Fund national park — on top of three destroyed Palestinian villages. By Umar Al-Ghubari (translated by Richard Flantz) Martin Luther King’s name appears on the donors wall of Ayalon Canada Park in the Latrun…
By Haokets March 6, 2016
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Traces of the Nakba: Book review of ‘Stone, Paper’
Despite attempts to conceal the memory of stones in the village of Hunin, papers in the kibbutz archives left a trail revealing the hidden war. In his bold book, Stone, Paper, Tomer Gardi places history in its present, as a driving political force, while rejecting the practice of historical writing. By Yehouda Shenhav | Translated…
By Haokets March 27, 2012
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