Published: 14 May 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
By taking the risk and attending this ceremony at last, I made a commitment: to remember and to hope, to feel the pain and to look to the future, to celebrate Independence Day while recalling the Nakba and trying to build a better society. To mourn the dead, but never to value them more than the living.
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And see:
How do mixed Jewish-Arab schools mark Memorial and Independence Days? – Naomi Zeveloff – The Forward 11.05.16
The Israeli twins - Independence and Nakba – Avrum Burg – Jewish Journal 11.05.16
The period of Israel’s Remembrance and Independence Days is also associated with the Nakba (in Arabic, the Catastrophe). There is no escaping it. Whether we like it or not, Israel’s story includes the Jewish story as well as the Palestinian one. Hence, the question that faces Israel today is a simple one: Can Nakba and Independence live together under the same roof?
