I had a home; I had a big, successful business, a little piece of the land of Israel n all that was stolen from me.

227

We had no electricity, water or services. One of us would volunteer each week to pick up the garbage and take it away to some nearby Bedouins who would offload the trash if they couldn't keep it.

201

The secret, which nobody realized at the time, was that with this sand, which was 100 percent inorganic, you can control exactly what goes in it.

192

I have no regrets about the past.

178

The first crops failed. The tomatoes grew large but fell off early. The sand could not hold them up.

167

I have absolutely no where to go tonight. I have no house, so I'm coming here to the Western Wall near the Temple Mount to pray for the everlasting house. The holy Temple, that's the only house I have left, and that's what I'm going to go for.

158

This was the closest site to Beersheba, so we drove down one day with our three children.

155

The people were very happy to see each other. They were hugging and kissing.

126

I am refugee now, just like my parents were from Poland.

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