Activity by the “Almost Forgot” group reminds Tel Aviv – Indymedia
2 May 2006
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In the public space expropriated by commercial companies at the expense of our freedom of choice, we placed speech balloons on advertising signs in bus stations and in the streets, causing them to say what we Almost Forgot about the Palestinian Nakba.
Press Release
We, members of the group “Almost Forgot,” citizens who seek to act before amnesia completely takes over the land, took to the streets on the eve of Independence Day, the day in which Tel Aviv is dressed in blue and white, in order that we not forget those who lived here until 1948.
In the public spaces expropriated by commercial companies at the expense of the our freedom of choice, we placed speech balloons on advertisements in bus stations and in the streets, causing them to say what we Almost Forgot about the Palestinian Nakba:
Bruce Willis is seen asserting: “I Almost Forgot that Independence Day is Nakba Day” on Ibn Gvirol St.
Miri Bohadana is surprised to discover that she is standing where the
The honorable Herzl is spotted on Hayarkon St. pronouncing: “I Almost Forgot that
Ninette and Ran were again seen together as they declared: “I Almost Forgot that the state of
A well-toned male model shared his thoughts with passersby at Tel Aviv port: “I Almost Forgot that Tel Aviv didn’t really arise from the sand.”
A swimsuit model in the Dolphinarium area told her friend: “I Almost Forgot that
We Almost Forgot that “the future of a nation that forgets its past is cloaked in fog.” Our memory must include the Palestinian Nakba and is a necessary precondition for advancing reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Al Z. Heimer
Spokesperson of the “Almost Forgot” group