[cowdog77]

Just two years ago, Israel evacuated all 9,000 Israelis living in Gaza and four northern West Bank communities in an effort to pave the way for peace and a future Palestinian state. During the disengagement, Israel uprooted entire communities including schools, businesses, places of worship and the only Jewish cemetery there.

The only Israeli still in the Gaza Strip today is Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped while patrolling the Israeli side of the Gaza border June 25, 2006

[justiceseeker93]

Yes, I am well aware of that sad history of unilateral evacuation from Gaza and then the West Bank communities. There were istances of brutality by Israeli police on fellow Israelis. The result of evacuating Gaza was the launching of Qassam missiles from Gaza into southern Israel, with death and destruction in southern Israel, notably Sderot. How foolish was that "disengagement!" But I don't think we could blame Barak for that since he was not in the government at the time.

I'm not sure if you can say for sure that Cpl. Shalit is in the Gaza Strip today. Hopefully he is alive and well.