The most horrific aspects of the Nakba - the dozens of massacres that accompanied the etnic cleansing, as well as detailed description of the experience from the point of view of those 'ethnically cleansed' - can only be recovered when such a historiographical approach is applied.
"Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948"/Noga Kadman (anbefalt lenke).
A recent study by Noga Kadman found that eighty-six destroyed Palestinian villages were inside the JNF forests.
Sorgens fågel flyger högt
Dit där smärtans änglar hålla vakt
han held
alle stjernene i handa
kjenner kvar stein i kalde elv
kvar flimrande fugleveng
og tyngda av ei
tåre
"Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948"/Noga Kadman (anbefalt lenke).
"Og sorgen - den var som en flokk fugler, utrolig mange av dem, som tok til vingene uten å
ha noe sted å fly hen."
Takk, Tove Obrestad Wøien for et sitat om sorg, svært vakkert.
The evidence surrounding the Galilee expulsions shows clearly the existence of a pattern of actions characterised by a large number of massacres deigned to intimidate the population into flight.
"Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948"/Noga Kadman (anbefalt lenke).
The JNF has been fundamentally complicit in the denial of displaced Palestinians' right to return, restitution and compensation, and in green-washing Israel's regime of colonisation and occupation.
"Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948"/ Noga Kadman, (anbefalt lenke).
Ja, for meg en sterk, høystemt leseopplevelse, hentet og leste boken i går.
naturen
tillet ikkje tomrom
når noko vik, vil anna veksa
stien mellom orda
glatte steinar inst i minnet
rognebærtreet har greiner tunge av hjartesyljer
In 1948 the rape of Arab women and girls was not a rare or isolated act committed by individual forces, but rather was used deliberately as an instrument to terrorise the civilian population and push people into fleeing their homes.
"The world is bearing witness to a blatant act of genocide."
"In this episode, 'If I Must Die' by Palestinian poet Refat Al Arir, whose work powerfully voices the struggles and resilience of Palestinians."
- If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer/ Words That Burn, (anbefalt lenke).