Ma’aloul
Two churches and a mosque were all that left from Ma’aloul village, of what is now a Jewish national fund pine forest. Located six kilometers from Nazareth, it was a home for approximately 700 Muslim and Christian Palestinians before 1948. During the 1947-1949 Jewish-Arab war , the village came under a fire attack by Jewish forces, forcing its residents to flee. Some fled to Lebanon, but most fled to Nazareth and Yaffat Al-Nasira, after it was declared a closed military area. They expected to return to their homes, but the village was bombed and declared “state land” under the absentee property-law, despite the fact that many of the Ma’aloul village residents hadn’t left the country and only lived a short distance away.Independence day, the only day that the country’s military administration which governed the Palestinian-Arab minority during Israel’s first two decades, let the villagers visit Ma’aloul. 
A destroyed mosque still stands as baring witness to the once lively village, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
An Orthodox church, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Former residents of Ma’aloul standing on what used to be their land, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Descendants of Ma’aloul former residents bring their children to Easter mass so to develop bondage with the village, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Muslim women came to share Easter Celebration in Ma’aloul
Easter Mass
Ma’aloul map listing names of families and neighbourhoods, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Ma’aloulites looking at the village map which shows neighbourhoods and family names, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Muslim and Christian Ma’aloulites together with Jewish friends celebrate Easter mass every year, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Ma’aloulites with some Jewish guests, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
A sign indicating that the entrance to the Christian cemetery behind the military fence is prohibited, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
The remains of the Muslim cemetery, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
A descendent of Ma’aloul is feeling the remains of a well in his parents piece of land, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Lands of Ma’aloul planted with pine trees by the Jewish national fund, forming a pine forest so to cover the remains of the ruined homes, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
From a scarred shell covered with graffiti used as a cowshed by Jews, this Catholic church was renovated with a donation from its former residents. digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Remains of the Mukhtar’s home surrounded by non original pine trees, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
The village water spring still flowing, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019
Military area: no photos allowed, digital inject print, 5760 × 3840, 2019