Chocolate-covered matza, children’s cheers, head coverings and kippot, and wet sandals filled the reserve north of the deserted Ras Ein al-Auja community throughout the Passover holiday. Visitors slid down the Auja water slide, where the words “We have returned to the water cisterns” were painted in blue. Above it flew a flag reading “And let them make Me a sanctuary,” while armed soldiers stood guard nearby.
