The ‘hill of life’ and Khirbet el-Manshiyya

The cacti at Givat Haim Ichud are a remnant of Khirbet el-Manshiyya, the Palestinian village whose ruins the kibbutz was built on top of. (Photo: Jonathan Ofir)Jonathan Ofir grew up on a kibbutz and was never told of the destroyed Palestinian village upon which it was built. But some signs remain, like the cacti which Israelis have attempted to appropriate, but signify the deep Palestinian ties to the land. Source

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