Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony

Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is grateful to co-sponsor this year’s Nakba Remembrance Ceremony, which will be held on May 15th, 2025, at 8:00pm Jerusalem | 6:00pm London | 1:00pm New York | 10:00am Los Angeles. 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 until this day. In the aftermath of October 7th, a second Nakba has been unfolding in Gaza, with over 50,000 Palestinians killed. 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 “Holding onto home, holding onto hope.”