The Sunset of the Titans

The spring of 1998 was kind to the Jezreel Valley. The rain, which was heavy and late, colored the slopes of the Gilboa with bright green and spread carpets of wildflowers on them—red, purple, and yellow. Tsipora Gil’ad, 82, one of the oldest members of Kibbutz Beit Hashita, reported that when tourists come to the kibbutz, they ask her how the…