from Lawrence of Cyberia -- What If Holocaust Denial Was Like Nakba Denial

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"I started to wonder what it would be like for Jews if Holocaust denial were not restricted to marginal figures, as it is now, but were widely accepted in the society in which they lived. This is what it is like for most Palestinians in Western countries, who live in a world dominated by Nakba-denial. I can only imagine what a difference it would make to Palestinian consciousness throughout the world were Israel to proclaim, 'yes, we drove you out, and that was an egregious wrong, and we want to make it up to you.' "

-- Joseph Levine, History Matters; Boston Review, Sept/Oct 2008.

Photo (click to enlarge): Speech bubbles added to existing advertisements on Tel Aviv bus stops remind Israelis that their Independence Day is inextricably linked to the dispossession of the Palestinians:

"I Almost Forgot that Tel Aviv didn’t really arise from the sand.”
"I Almost Forgot that the state of was built on the remains of 530 Palestinian villages.”
“I Almost Forgot that Independence Day is Nakba Day”
“I Almost Forgot that Independence Park was built on a Palestinian cemetery.”
“I Almost Forgot that Charles Clore Park was built on the remains of the Manshiye neighborhood.”

The "Almost Forgot" campaign was the work of the Israeli group, Zochrot ("Remembering"), which works to build awareness of the Palestinian Nakba among Jewish Israelis. (via BADIL)