If we must talk about Rabin – let us talk about the right of return
This week, Israeli schools will hold ceremonies in commemoration of Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated on November 4, 1995, for leading the peace process with the Palestinians. As in every such week – and every week in Israel’s history, for that matter – a partial and distorted perspective will be provided to the students, instead of a clear explanation of the historical facts and the critical thinking tools necessary to understand and draw conclusions from them. One of the facts kept from Israel’s children and youth is that Rabin was one of the key perpetrators of the ethnic cleansing policy from the 1948 war and throughout most of his military and political career.
Displacement is one the cruelest crimes perpetrated against individuals or groups. It is a crime that played a formative role in the histories of the Jewish people, of the State of Israel and of the Palestinian people. Uprooting and refugeehood, however, are more than past events – they are central to the lived reality of all Palestinians. Therefore,
— source mondoweiss.net | Yaara Benger Alaluf | Novr 1, 2021