Northern Jordan.
Immediately preceding the
establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the country that now
demands others acknowledge its “right to exist” depopulated and
destroyed over 400 Palestinian towns and villages, forcing the
inhabitants to flee for their lives. The new state planted trees and
established national parks over the ruins of dozens of villages where
Israelis now spend quiet afternoons and enjoy picnics in the shade. The
cries of the dead are drowned out by the laughter of children playing
on the remains of ancient homes. The Arabic names of the destroyed
villages have been erased. The Israeli state still clings to the myth
of “A land without a people, for a people without a land,” and deny the
Nakba took place, just as many Americans still deny an indigenous
genocide in “our” country. Zochrot, an Israeli NGO, has identified and
mapped every destroyed Palestinian village and town in order to
reeducate the Israeli public. Their message is largely ignored.
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