On the anniversary of the Massacre and the occupation of Lod in July 1948, Zochrot invites you to join us for a tour to al-Lydd to learn about the Nakba and the ongoing Nakba, about accountability and redress.

Saturday, July 13, 2023 at 6pm-8:30pm.

In this tour we will explore the city and learn about its glorious past. We will pass several sites and focus on the brutal occupation of the city in 1948, we will hear about the looting of houses and property, the massacre and the expulsion, about how the expelled were prevented from returning and how the few who survived that ethnic cleansing were confined in a “Ghetto”. We will hear about processes of Judaization, including the resettlement of Jewish immigrants in Palestinian houses on the one hand and the destruction of the city’s Arab-Palestinian identity on the other.

The tour will start at Khan al-Hilu, we will walk through the center of the old town, the Ghetto compound, the great mosque, saint George church and the Dahmash mosque, where Israeli forces massacred dozens of the city’s residents in 1948.  

Meeting point and start of the tour at Khan al-Hilu, (in WAZE: Khan El-Hilu), at 18:00

A bus to the tour will leave from 1 HaThiya St., in front of Bloomfield (al-Bassa) Stadium, Gate 12, in Jaffa, at 17:00.

Please sign up to participate and the ensure your seat on the bus, through the registration form below.

The tour will be held in Hebrew.

 For further inquiries, contact Umar al-Ghubari: 0528743099 or tours@zochrot.org

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