al-Majdal (Gaza)

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

Panel: Return Now! Local Models (Part 1)

The 3rd International Conference on the Return of Palestinian Refugees

Three Returning Bouquets

The final film the project: "Our Return" - Visualize the Return 

Tour to Majdal

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 Abdullah Zaqut (1923-2005)

 

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.

Booklets

Remembering Isdud and Majdal 08/2003

Others

Publications
A Call to Envision Return on International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian 29/11/2023
Refugees drew their destroyed villages and cities 2016
Israel Systematically Denies 1,400 Years of Muslim History 09/05/2016
“Min wayn jaye inti?” Where the hell do you come from?: Repression of the Nakba and post-trauma among Jews in Israel 05/2009
History Erased 04/07/2007
Locality tours
Tour at al-Majdal
al-Majdal tour - Report