Abstract
Media memory activism occurs when memory activists use various media to fulfill their mnemonic goals. This chapter explores media memory activism by analyzing two case studies from Israel. The first one focuses on Arab–Palestinian memory activists from an unrecognized Bedouin village in Israel – villages that lack any planning status and are considered illegal under Israeli law. The second case deals with Mizrahi memory activists – activists of Jewish–Israelis of Arab and Muslim origin – seeking to have their unique historic narrative incorporated by the hegemonic European-centered Israeli-Zionist collective memory. These cases highlight how media shape memory activism in a highly mediated society. The cases at hand demonstrate how activists’ perceptions about media, activists’ access to media, and activists’ capabilities of using various media available to them are all crucial aspects of contemporary memory activism.
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