Yaara Benger Alaluf

Dr. Yaara Benger Alaluf is a historian and the Coordinator of Community and Education in Zochrot.

Recent Articles
Supporters of the Israeli activist group Zochrot carry banners and signs to remember the Nakba and Palestinian refugees as thousands march in the annual human rights march in Tel Aviv, December 9, 2011. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Refugees of apartheid: Why Israelis need to talk about Palestinian return
Amnesty's bombshell report and Ukraine's refugee crisis are an opportunity for Israelis to rethink their denial of Palestinian return to their homeland.
By Yaara Benger Alaluf March 17, 2022
Members of Kibbutz Amir working in the Papyrus thicket of the Hula Swamps, June 30, 1940. (Kluger Zoltan/GPO)
Why does the JNF still exist?
The forefathers of Zionism never hid their desire to use the Jewish National Fund to dispossess Palestinians. On its 120th anniversary, now is the time to abolish it.
By Yaara Benger Alaluf July 8, 2021
Palestinian health workers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on March 22, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
As coronavirus crisis looms, Israelis launch Gaza solidarity campaign
As COVID-19 arrives in Gaza, Israelis launch a campaign raising funds and calling on their government to take responsibility for the crisis in the Strip.
By Yaara Benger Alaluf, Hadas Pe'ery, Adi Golan Bikhnafo and Guy Shalev April 2, 2020
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