Surrounded by spring flowers and the ruins of their family homes near Israel's border with Lebanon, Christians gathered Friday to ensure their Easter traditions survive decades after the destruction of their village.
Hundreds of villages were destroyed during the Nakba, or catastrophe, which marks the expulsion of more than 760,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948.
But these events are “very much denied until now” in Israel, according to Rachel Beitarie, director of Zochrot which tries to raise awareness of the Nakba. Having failed repeatedly to win a remedy through the Israeli courts, the descendants of Iqrit instead travel there to celebrate Christian holidays, weddings, and burials.“We always come here with the people of the village, always for a short period,” said Attallah, 45, who works in education and has written poetry about the village.
As the Iqrit community gathered, Christians in Jerusalem performed a procession through the Old City, retracing the steps they believe Jesus took before his crucifixion. In an Easter message, church leaders in the sacred city warned that Christians have become “targets of attacks” in the Holy Land.
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