Dream - If you look closely at the peak of Tel Qedesh, there doesn't seem to be anything strange. Stones scattered among dry grass and trees here and there. But when you look closer, you will see signs that the hill was once inhabited by humans in the past. The scattered stones are the ruins of the walls of Palestinian homes that were expelled by Israel decades ago. In addition, the hill in Upper Galilee also holds pieces of door leaves, foundation walls, and several weathered tombstones.

Archaeologists are trying to uncover the ruins by seeking answers to how the days after Qadas Village was destroyed. According to the archaeological team led by Professor Raphael Greenberg from Tel Aviv University, Qadas Village has been hidden and erased from history. Now their task is to uncover that hidden past. "Even though we are dealing with events that happened 75 years ago," Greenberg added with independent archaeologist Gideon Sulimani.

Israel itself is filled with mounds formed by the remains of settlements built on top of each other for thousands of years. The top layer of these mounds is Arab settlements like Qadas, which were abandoned in 1948. They may have existed since the Ottoman era or even earlier. Unfortunately, archaeologists working in Israel always overlook these top layers. They choose to obtain fresher ruins beneath them.

"The first thing we encounter in most excavations in Israel is a Palestinian village. But this upper layer is not considered an antiquity by Israeli law and archaeologists. This layer is seen as something that needs to be bypassed in order to reach the antiquities. While we, on the other hand, want to do the opposite and respect the existence of that upper layer," concluded Greenberg."