Since the Nakba of 1948, Mais al-Jabal has lived on the frontlines — a witness to repeated waves of mass displacement and forced return. During the Nakba, the town opened its doors to Palestinians fleeing massacres, only to soon find its own sons and daughters fleeing as Israeli threats escalated. In 1978, during the "Litani Operation," the first organized internal displacement of the town’s residents began. It happened again — more violently — during the 1982 invasion, when Mais al-Jabal became a direct confrontation line with the occupation, paying a heavy price in the blood of its people and the destruction of their homes. The year 1996 offered no relief. The "Grapes of Wrath" aggression once again forced families out of their homes, followed by another wave of mass displacement in 2006 during the July War, which devastated infrastructure and scorched the fields. But the most brutal and dangerous wave of displacement came in the fall of 2023, with the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Flood War. Residential neighborhoods were directly targeted; homes collapsed over their residents. Hundreds of villagers suddenly found themselves refugees in their own homeland — for the fifth or sixth time. And yet, despite this heavy history, Mais al-Jabal has never abandoned its identity. Her people return after every ceasefire, carrying with them what remains of their memories — and of their belief that the land must never be forsaken, even if the roof falls on their heads.