The needles for this work come from an unusually large Aleppo pine tree that stands on the green border (the 1949 demarcation line) between the Palestinian village of al-Walaja and the Israeli settlement of Gilo. It is called “Ha El” (the God) by the local residents. Its falling needles prevent other plants from growing – a condition called “Midbar haOranim” (Pine Tree Desert). The text half-obscured by the needles is part of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.