The Poem That Exposed Israeli War Crimes in 1948

The Poem That Exposed Israeli War Crimes in 1948 A poem published by Natan Alterman during Israel’s War of Independence criticizing human-rights abuses was lauded by Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, who even distributed 100,000 copies of it among soldiers; other such

Remembering the Nakba: Israeli group puts 1948 Palestine back on the map

Remembering the Nakba: Israeli group puts 1948 Palestine back on the map Zochrot aims to educate Israeli Jews – through tours and a new phone app – about a history obscured by enmity and denial Ian Black in Tel Aviv

Haaretz – Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history?

Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history? The file in the state archives contains clear evidence that the researchers at the time did not paint the full picture of Israel’s role in creating the Palestinian refugee problem. By Shay

New documentary: Some 70,000 books were seized from homes left empty by Palestinians who fled in 1948

New documentary “Chronicles of a cultural destruction: The story of 70,000 “collected” books.” http://vimeo.com/6303260 “The film will reconstruct in a multifaceted approach the systematic “collecting” – by the newly born State of Israel – of 70,000 Palestinian books during the