Minor Detail

The place looks like a little park; the ground is sandy and uneven, and there are a few eucalyptus trees and wooden benches scattered around.

After the establishment of the state of Israel was announced on May 14, 1948, Nirim was the first settlement to be attacked by the Egyptian Army.

At the time, the aim of their operation was to expand the territory of Jewish settlements in the south.

All that is left, all that hasn’t been destroyed, is a single house, and I catch a glimpse of it on my left, surrounded by cypress trees and with grass growing through the stones.

A very large park called Canada Park now extends over the area where all these villages used to be.

checkpoints in the West Bank and Gaza.

murder as the girl experienced it, not relying only on what the soldiers who committed it disclosed, as the author of that article did.

Tel Aviv and in the northwest Negev.

I realize that my interest in this incident on the basis of a minor detail such as the date on which it occurred is a sign that I’ll inevitably end up trespassing borders once again.

definitive proof of its existence.