Word: haatzmaut
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...centuries of Jewish suffering in Europe culminating in the Holocaust. In the Palestinian and Arab narrative, Israel's creation meant the violent displacement of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and another Arab humiliation at Western hands. So, while May 15 is celebrated by Israelis as Yom Haatzmaut (independence day), the Palestinians mark the same day as the somber anniversary of Al-Nakbah (the catastrophe), the moment when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lost everything...
Harvard Students for Israel and Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel are working together on a variety of activities to celebrate Israel's Independence Day--Yom HaAtzmaut--which begins Wednesday at sundown and ends Thursday evening...
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