2025 Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony

Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony
May 15, 2025
1:00pm ET

The Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony is a unique opportunity to commemorate the pain and tragedy of the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic), when in 1948 more than 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes, became refugees, and had their villages and cities destroyed. In Israel, even mentioning the Nakba is completely taboo, however, Combatants for Peace believes that peace and reconciliation involve a sincere and honest reckoning with this history that didn’t end in 1948 but continues until this day. In the aftermath of October 7th, a second Nakba has been unfolding in Gaza, with over 50,000 Palestinians killed. For Palestinians, the violence and mass displacement brings back memories of 1948 but indeed the Nakba never ended, it has continued for the past 76 years. This year, we will center the ceremony around the theme of “Holding onto home, holding onto hope.” More details regarding the 2025 ceremony will be announced soon.