The village of Ghabsiyya, seven miles north-east of Acre, was ethnically cleansed by Jewish forces on 1 May 1948, two weeks before Israel’s Declaration of Independence. Its 1,500 inhabitants were displaced to neighbouring villages and later most were expelled to Lebanon. The sign at the entrance announces plans to develop a cemetery for Sephardic Jews on the land, over the village’s original cemetery. The gates shown on the artist’s impression are marked with the Star of David. (August 2005)