Liberating Israeli Jews from the dark legacy of the Nakba
http://972mag.com/liberating-israeli-jews-from-the-dark-legacy-of-the-nakba/90902/
The Nakba has been relegated to the dark basement of Zionist ideology, where people are afraid to tread or even look. The ghosts of the past, however, will only disappear once the sin of 1948 is recognized.
What happened in 1948 is the greatest sin – greatest sins always follow the sinners, they do not disappear. They are etched into our memory forever.
Among Palestinians, the Nakba is the open wound of the past, present and future. It is a wound that one cannot live with so long as it continues to physically, emotionally and morally bleed. As such, the Nakba becomes a constant cry for healing – a cry that pushes us to personal and collective action.
The Nakba has been relegated to the dark basement of Zionist ideology, where people are afraid to tread or even look. Looking into the basement means erasing the myth of “victory,” which perpetually highlights the defeat and the obligation of the losing side to bow its head and and thank the victor for “the fruit of an enlightened occupation.” After all, the victimizer cannot eliminate the victim, since that would lead to the elimination of the victory story. It’s a beautiful dilemma.
