Salman Abu Sitta is the founder and president of the Palestine Land Society in London.
My life’s journey, through many countries as a foreigner, should end where it started, at Ma’in Abu Sitta. David Ben-Gurion, who led the forces that destroyed my village and sent me into exile, is buried in my hometown. And I wish to be buried in my birthplace.
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