Info
District: Gaza
Population 1948: 11500
Occupation date: 04/11/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Kfar Silver, Berekhya, Mash'en, Nir Yisrael
Background:
al-Majdal (Gaza)
Videos
The 3rd International Conference on the Return of Palestinian Refugees
The final film the project: "Our Return" - Visualize the Return
In the Arab town of Majdal (Ashkelon today) was, before the 1948 war, a population of about 10,000. In October 1948, thousands of refugees from elsewhere in the country have been added for this population. In early November 1948 Majdal was occupied and the expulsion lasted until June 1950, when the remaining residents were deported to Gaza.
In the video, displaced people from Majdal and Zochrot members are visiting the remains of the Palestinian town and place signs which mention it's history. Somebody there really did not like one of the signs, and turmoil evolved around it.
Zochrot Remembering Abdullah Zaqut - Abu Najm, refugee from the villages Majdanl and Isdod.
Abu Nijm supported Zochrot sine it earliest days. His ongoing opposition to the occupation and to the Nakba is a source of inspiration to remember and to do for the Right of Return.