2024 Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony

Combatants for Peace (CfP) is a cross-border, joint community of Palestinians and Israelis working in solidarity to end the occupation and all forms of oppression. Guided by the values of nonviolent resistance, we are showing the world that there is another way. We believe in a world where all people, from the river to the sea, live in peace with dignity, justice, and liberty. As the only organization worldwide founded by fighters on opposing sides of an active conflict who have laid down their weapons to work together for a just peace, we have been nominated two times for a Nobel Peace Prize.

On May 15, 2024, 8:00pm Jerusalem Time/1:00pm ET, CfP will host our 5th annual Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony and we need your solidarity and support.

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 to this day.

In the aftermath of October 7th, a second Nakba has been unfolding in Gaza, with over 34,000 Palestinians killed. Of the 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, 1.9 million people have been forcibly displaced and many of their homes have been destroyed by Israel's brutal attacks. Roughly 1.3 million displaced Palestinians are currently sheltering in Rafah, a city built to host only 300,000, and over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing catastrophic food insecurity and acute starvation. 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 “liberation” - How do we liberate ourselves from occupation, oppression, and violence? What does liberation look like and how do we begin to heal from our past and present trauma?

Please support our work to bring about a just peace and a future where all live in safety, dignity, and freedom. Ways to support:

Donate

Register to attend our ceremony

Organize a satellite ceremony with a group and join in with communities around the world

Thank you in advance for your solidarity. Because no one is free until everyone is free, let us get free together.