Jaffa 1948 to Gaza 2024: join us online
Sun, 20 Oct
|Online
We invite you to join us for a virtual lecture and tour, about the history of Jaffa, the largest and most important city in pre-1948 Palestine – its occupation and ethnic cleansing.
Time & Location
20 Oct 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
Online
About the event
News flash. October 2023: Heavy air bombing of Jaffa Neighborhood in the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in Gaza. Hundreds killed, injured and missing. Tens of thousands are displaced southwards, toward Deir al-Balah. News flash. May 1948: Heavy bombardment of the city of Jaffa, with many killed and injured. Tens of thousands of refugees are deported everywhere. Many of them towards Gaza. Most of the Jaffa refugees who arrived in Gaza eventually settled in a distinct area within the Jabaliya Refugee Camp established north of the city for these Nakba survivors. It became known as the Jaffa Neighborhood. Everything there is reminiscent of Jaffa. Using photos, maps and documents, the tour will paint a picture of life in the city before the Nakba, the Zionist takeover and the subsequent processes of its Judaization and Israelization. Throughout the tour, we will address the similarities and dissimilarities between Jaffa and Gaza in different periods and…