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Haaretz Editorial

From Its Ruins, a Settlement: The Story of Umm al-Hiran and the Dark Side of Zionism

The Bedouin residents of Umm al-Hiran had a vineyard, as well as a village, houses, and a mosque. But Israel coveted them. And this week, its covetousness was satisfied. From the rubble of this village in the Negev, the prophet Elijah's cry to King Ahab after the latter had Naboth executed so he could seize his vineyard now echoes: Have you murdered and also inherited?