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JERUSALEM – In what some may view as a complete turning of the tables, several major Palestinian terrorist organizations this past weekend staged what they called military training exercises on the grounds of Gush Katif, the former slate of Jewish communities inside the Gaza Strip that were uprooted by Israel three years ago. The exercises were aimed at preparing for attacks against Israel, said terrorist leaders. "The old (Jewish) settlements gave the Palestinian resistance enough space to have big trainings. We never had this space and these possibilities when the Zionists were in Gaza," Abu Muhammad, a senior Gaza-based leader...

(IsraelNN.com) A left-wing kibbutz member, who had never seen a Yesha settlement until the day she came to destroy it, asks forgiveness of the people she expelled. "Three years without a home is much too long," she says. The soldier publicized her story, and request for forgiveness, in an interview with Yedidya Meir on the Kol Chai radio station. She had been an active member of a left-wing youth movement in her kibbutz, never having met a "settler" (Jewish resident of Judea, Samaria and Gaza), or been inside a Jewish town there, in her life. After enlisting in the army,...

(IsraelNN.com) Gazan Arabs who were employed by Israeli farmers in Gush Katif until the 2005 eviction of Jews from the region are seeking ways to sue their former employers for "wrongful dismissal" and other employee benefits. The uprooting of the vibrant Jewish communities and economy of Gush Katif during the Sharon Administration's "disengagement" from Gaza led to the instant unemployment of about 10,000 people who worked in agriculture and related industries, including 5,000 Arabs from the Palestinian Authority. As of June 2008, over 50 percent of former Gush Katif residents still find themselves unemployed. According to an Israel TV Channel...

Former Gaza farmers rallied on Sunday to demand that the government fully reimburse them for the land and money that they lost when they were evacuated from their homes two years ago. Saying the government has failed to keep promises to fully compensating them for the loss of their farms, hundreds of protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office in Jerusalem. Olmert, they said, should wake up and focus on his own people instead of the Palestinian terrorists. Some demanded his resignation. They called on the government to help them rebuild their homes and livelihoods. According to the May...

http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2006/dec/g5.htm Backs against the wall ... OK, I admit it: The writer of these lines loves Eretz Yisrael, the birthplace of the Jewish People, the Holy Land and the Promised Land, without any connection to security considerations. In his opinion, it is forbidden for any Jewish government to harm Eretz Yisrael, let alone to execute ethnic cleansing of its Jews, whatever the circumstances.

After relative period of calm Gaza's evacuees gear up to fight once again for permanent homes they claim they were promised Shmulik Hadad Published: 11.23.06, 00:23 Gush Katif evacuees living in the cara-villa site in Nitzan announced on Wednesday that they will renew their struggle after a period of relative calm. Renewing the fight is necessary, they said, given the bureaucratic foot-dragging over the permanent homes they had been promised. Yossi Noiman, a former resident of Neve Dekalim who represents the 400 families evacuated from the community, told Ynet that the families want to establish a new permanent community together....

U.S. Jewish Groups Refuse Aid to Gush Katif Refugees 12:51 Nov 10, '06 / 19 Cheshvan 5767 by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily Mainstream American Jewish organizations largely have refused to aid the thousands of Jews evacuated last summer from the Gaza Strip. (Reprinted with permission from WorldNetDaily) Mainstream American Jewish organizations largely have refused to aid the thousands of Jews evacuated last summer from the Gaza Strip, the majority of whom, fifteen months later, are unemployed, and none of whom received permanent housing promised by the Israeli government, WND has learned. The former Gaza residents have appealed for help multiple times...

IsraelNN.com) A Haifa resident under siege by Hizbullah attacks and who ignored opponents to the government's expulsion of Gush Katif resident has written the expulsion victims and asked for forgiveness. In an open letter posted on a Gush Katif forum web site, Y. S. wrote, "I closed my business since the beginning of the battle and I don't know what will happen. I never thought that I, a Haifa resident for 30 years, would be a refugee in my own land. "During five years you coped with bombs, and I didn't care. Even when you came to visit me in...

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME From: Moshe Saperstein, Neve Dekalim/Nitzan: A house is not a home. Not necessarily. And this house in Nitzan will never be our home. Though Rachel has worked her customary magic and turned a pigsty into a palace, this house cannot be our home. This house cannot be our home, not because it is a temporary residence. We are committed to living here for a minimum of two years, maximum of four. But few things are as permanent as those labeled temporary, and there is no way of knowing how long we will actually be...

The wages of unilateralism By Moshe Arens In August 2005, 10,000 Israelis were forcibly removed from their homes in Gush Katif and northern Samaria, while Kassam rocket launching sites were allowed to move into areas formally occupied by the settlements of Elei Sinai, Nissanit, and Dugit, thus moving them into range of Ashkelon, one of Israel's larger cities. Less than half a year later, Hamas won the Palestinian elections decisively, achieving control over the Palestinian population in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. While many had given their unreserved approval to Sharon's unilateral withdrawal project, and others felt that the...

From Ha'aretz/Kol Israel Reshet Aleph: 06:14 Settler leader: All Israelis, Gaza evacuees too, hope for PM`s recovery (Israel Radio) From The Jerusalem Post: Jan. 5, 2006 6:20 Gaza rabbi believes evacuees will pray for PM By JPOST.COM STAFF Rabbi Yosef Elnekaveh, regional rabbi of Gaza, said early Thursday in an interview to Israel Radio that despite the pain of the disengagement, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had worked for years to build Israel. "He is a brother," Elnekaveh said, adding that the Jewish people should pray for Sharon's recovery. Elnekaveh stated that he believed that most of the Gush Katif evacuees...

Defense Ministry: Impossible to Move Most Gush Katif Synagogues, Must Destroy Them 18:53 Aug 21, '05 / 16 Av 5765 (IsraelNN.com) In response to a Supreme Court petition regarding moving Gush Katif's synagogues instead of destroying them, the Defense Ministry has reported that most of the region's synagogues are not movable. The ministry said, however, that a symbolic portion of each synagogue would be salvaged. It was reported recently that the IDF is considering demolishing the synagogues using explosives to avoid scenes of bulldozers demolishing Jewish houses of worship.

Ariel Sharon's logic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 18, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com In forcibly removing thousands of Jews from their homes and businesses in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon came up with yet another justification for this illegal, immoral and strategically illogical move. In a televised speech this week on the eve of the unilateral surrender of Jewish communities to terrorists, Sharon praised Gaza's settlers as "pioneers," but insisted that it is time for Israel to leave the area after 38 years. "We cannot hold Gaza for good," he said. "More than a million Palestinians live there,...

Special Edition Show: G.Gordon Liddy interviews Valerstein, Shamony, Landau, Ettinger, Indorf, Elon, Eldad, Sheransky, Matar, citizens of Gush Katif, Kfar Maimon, and others live from the Holy Land. On Sirius and XM nationwide and streaming at radioamerica.org. 10aEDT to 1pEDT.

http://www.gamla.org.il/englsh "Gamla" is the organization that heads an umbrella group of all right wing action groups in Israel. Our staff is now in Gush Katif, helping to organize one of the most moral and dramatic civil battles of the modern age - the rights of Jewish people to live freely in the Land of Israel. The "mainstream" media will be out in force, giving you their "side" of events, while the GAMLA staff will be there, also, through their web site, bringing you the sites, the sounds and the TRUE reports of what is happening. Don't get confused by...

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Gaza community leaders refuse to deliver army eviction notices to residents By Israel Insider staff and partners August 9, 2005 Last night the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) issued two letters to Gush Katif leaders of every community. According to media reports, the community leaders refused to deliver them to Gush Katif residents. (See original Hebrew documents.) Residents told Arutz-7 that they refuse to receive the letters due to the fact that they consider them to be "a cheap media ploy by the security establishment." The leadership of the Gaza Coast Municipality, which received the letters in bulk and was instructed...

This Is How We Will Cancel the Decree by Nadia Matar Aug 10, '05 / 5 Av 5765 This is it. We've come to the bottom line of the struggle. If some supernatural miracle does not occur in the next week, then we must organize and act, to bring about, with our own hands, the natural miracle that, with G-d's help, will result in the cancellation of the deportation decree. To put it simply: anyone who thoroughly understands the situation knows that we have the power to stop the deportation plan. We have a tremendous, determined and believing public. Moreover, a...

Don't fall into the trap! Don't spend time trying to figure out how Sharon can be giving away the beautiful communities of Gush Katif in exchange for nothing. Don't stay awake at night puzzled by what is happening. Furthermore, please don't e-mail me articles about the new risks to Israel's security such as the need to fortify rooftops in Ashkelon. Finally, please don't show me articles about Sharon's casino idea. This "disengagement plan" has nothing to do with security. The expulsion 9,000 Jews from their homes will bring about a serious increase in terror and Sharon knows that! It also...

As the government steps up its harassments and demonization of any Jew who is loyal to the Torah and Eretz Yisrael, many ask: where did we go wrong? Where did we fail in our efforts to bring the Jewish people closer to its national destiny? Why have we not succeeded in preserving our hold onto the land? Many good Jews grapple with this question, searching their souls as to the reasons for the failure. And I tell you that we have not failed in the slightest! True, we have not attained our goals, but this is not due to any...

Sunday: Settlers begin to move Interior Minister Ophir Pines tours sand dunes of Nitzanim and follows the preparations to absorb hundreds of Gush Katif evacuees beginning Sunday; Pines: ‘The speed of construction here is faster than anything in Israel’s history’; a bank, three kindergartens, clinic, and market being built By Doron Sheffer and Roni Sofer NITZANIM -- Everything’s ready for the evacuees: Beginning Sunday, hundreds of former Gaza residents will be housed in luxury mobile homes (“cara-villas”) in Nitzanim. Some 320 temporary apartments have been erected so far, and in the next two weeks, there will be another 30. Interior...

Just received this video, fast download, approx. 15-20 minute well produced documentary concerning the planned August forced removal of the communities of Gush Katif. I found this extremely informative, and with high ranking officials going on the record re: their concerns. http://www.machonmeir.org.il/leumi/sakin_balev_english_300.wmv

Over 3000 years ago, during these very forty days, twelve men walked across this land to gain insight and inspiration. Ten of these men walked in fear and trepidation. Every where they looked confirmed their worst fears about themselves and their deepest concerns about the inhabitants of this land. They saw themselves as "grasshoppers" and felt unable to possess the land that had been promised them by the Almighty. It was impossible not to think about those steps taken in fear and trepidation as we watched tens of thousands of Jews walking through dusty fields and roads and highways attempting...

After the actions of the last two days, first approving and then retracting permits to hold the mass rally in Netivot, and then finally giving illegal orders to the police and army to prevent protesters from arriving, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, Chief of Police Moshe Karadi, and Internal Security Minister Gidon Ezra should resign in shame. Their jobs are to serve this country and its people, all its citizens and not just those who agree with government policy. Of fundamental importance is the fact that we live in a democracy. It is the government we have chosen and, if we...

"...What becomes more and more clear each day, however, is that Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan is neither a disengagement nor a plan. Sharon will not disengage the populations. His only plan involves destroying the lives and livelihoods of 9000 Jews. Beyond this, he has no real goal for separating from the Palestinians. No new hospitals will be built in the Gaza Strip to enable Palestinians to have all their medical needs met there. They will continue to come to Israel, even if they do occasionally try to come to our hospitals to blow them up, as 21-year-old Wafa al-Biri planned...

PM orders Gaza closed to Israelis until end of pullout By Amos Harel and Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondents In a step seen as a watershed moment in his disengagement plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Wednesday morning ordered the Gaza Strip closed to Israeli visitors, declaring it a closed military area in order to blunt plans by anti-pullout activists to flood the Strip with protesters. The order effectively closes the Strip to non-resident Istraelis until the end of the disengagement, as opposed to a temporary closure imposed two weeks ago to allow Israeli security forces to evacuate a hotel where anti-pullout...

http://info.jpost.com/C005/Supplements/Disengagement/inter.map/dmap.050630.html This is great, run your mouse over the map, includes pics and stats

Boys allegedly occupy an Arab house on the beach in Gush Katif. Justice Procaccia calls it a "mass, violent incident." A local Arab invites Jews into his home, saying he supports their struggle. Six 13 year-old Jewish boys who were arrested last week in Gush Katif will be held in jail at least until this Wednesday, under an order handed down by Supreme Court Justice Ayala Procaccia. The children are accused of occupying an Arab house near the Maoz Hayam hotel near on the Gush Katif beach. They were arrested for questioning and have yet to be formerly charged with...

IDF Warns It May Close off Gush Katif 14:08 Jun 29, '05 / 22 Sivan 5765 (IsraelNN.com) IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz warned that the army will declare Gush Katif a closed military zone if anti-evacuation activists continue to fight against defense forces. He said he does not want to impose harsh condition on Gush Katif residents by closing off the area to outsiders. In the confrontation at Tel Yam, the army has arrested seven anti-evacuation activists.

PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALSO CALL. PLEASE! Our brothers in Israel need our help at this time. The plan for unilaterally expelling the Jews from their homes in Gush Katif was defeated in the last Israeli election. Despite that fact, Ariel Sharon is moving ahead to forcefully remove Jews from their homes in Gush Katif and in four towns in the northern Shomron. This will lead to increase terrorist activity, NOT to the people of Katif, but to all people in Israel. Jewish teenagers are sitting in jail for nonviolent civil...

A new movie has been put out by the Ichud Haleumi - the National Union Party. It is approximately 30 minutes long, and we strongly advise watching it in high quality. The movie is in Hebrew with English subtitles. It deals with the Gush Katif issue in depth, explaining in detail why the pullout is dangerous for Israel’s security and future. The producers use clips from Palestinian TV to show us what the Palestinians want, and what will happen if the Disenagagement occurs. http://www.machonmeir.org.il/leumi/sakin_balev_english_300.wmv

You've heard about the disengagement plan, but maybe you don't really get what it's all about. Now it is explained in a short video, which you can watch online at israelunitycoalition.org. Even watching only the first five minutes of this video is informative. You will see video footage of arab children explaining that they are raised to believe they will eventually have Jerusalem and the Jews will be gone. You will see muslim leaders lecturing in mosques that 'returning to the '67 borders is just the first step and eventually all the cities of Israel will be theirs.' You will...

Gush Katif and parts of Shomron, Israel, are slated for a unilateral withdrawal by the Israeli government within a few months. Not only are they removing military protection, the government also claims to expel all the Jews living in those areas, at least 8500 souls in Gush Katif (Gaza.) I toured those areas a few days ago, visiting 6 towns in Gush Katif and 2 in Shomron, all condemned by their government. These are built-up, well-established towns, with over 1000 acres of hothouses, many factories, and spacious modern houses (not huts as some imply.) I have assembled a photo essay...

Over 30,000 Rally in Gush Katif to Derail Expulsion Plan 22:12 Feb 14, '05 / 5 Adar 5765 Over 30,000 Israelis have gathered in Gush Katif, in an act of solidarity with the more than 8,000 Jews there slated for expulsion. Despite long traffic delays, over 30,000 Israelis have arrived this evening in Gush Katif, in an act of solidarity with the more than 8,000 Jews slated for expulsion, under the government’s plan to evacuate Gush Katif and transfer the territory to the Palestinian Authority. Speaking at the rally, Rabbi Yigal Kamenetzky, Rabbi of the Gush Katif region, said that...

There is a rapidly growing, strong opposition on the part of the Israeli public to Ariel Sharon's dictatorial Disengagement Plan. Please don't believe those supposedly accurate opinion polls that "65% of the Israeli public" want their fellow Jews violently evicted from their homes. These polls, you will notice, are never attributed to any reliable pollster by name. Most likely, they were taken in one of the many bars or pubs on Sheinkin Street in Tel Aviv. There is also much discussion about "democracy" and that any opposition to disengagement is "undemocratic". Both the Sharon government and, unfortunately, the American government...

One killed, eight wounded in Gush Katif junction suicide bombing Oded Sharon, 36, from Gan Yavne, an Israel Security Agency officer, was killed, an IDF officer seriously wounded, and 4 IDF soldiers and 3 members of the ISA were lightly wounded in a suicide bombing attack at the Gush Katif junction in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening (Jan 18). While search procedures were being carried out, the suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body detonated himself. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jan. 18, 2005 0:49 | Updated Jan. 18, 2005 20:50 Sharon: Kassam attacks can't continue By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH AND NINA GILBERT Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, PM Ariel Sharon, and Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon visit an army base at the Erez border crossing between Gaza Strip and Israel. Photo: AP During a visit to the IDF Gaza Division on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon discussed strategies to bring an end to the incessant Kassam rocket attacks and mortar shell fire towards Israeli towns and settlements originating from Palestinian villages in the area. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, IDF Chief of Staff...

Last Update: 28/12/2004 19:07 Nine Palestinians hurt by IDF tank shell; Qassam hits Gush Katif By Gideon Alon and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies Nine Palestinians were injured Tuesday evening by an Israeli tank shell in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, Reuters reported. The tank had returned fire after a Qassam rocket struck the Neve Dekalim settlement in the Gush Katif settlement block. The rocket caused no injuries or damage, the Itim news agency reported. Earlier Tuesday, an Israel Air Force drone fired a missile Tuesday at a car carrying two Hamas militants near the...

Fewer than 2% of settlers sign up for voluntary evacuation 20 families from Pe'at Sadeh and five families from other settlements have agreed to move to Moshav Mafki'in south of Ashkelon. Zeev Klein 27 Dec 04 10:34Fewer than 2% of settlers in Gush Katif and northern Samaria have signed up for voluntary evacuation with SELA (the disengagement administration). 20 families from Peat Sadeh in the southern Gaza Strip and five families from other settlements have agreed to move to Moshav Mafki'in south of Ashkelon. The families to be evacuated have not yet received any money from SELA. Holocaust survivors from...

Dec. 22, 2004 18:13 Settlers with orange badges forced out of Knesset By JPOST.COM STAFF Residents of the Gush Katif settlements bloc, joined by other Israelis protesting the disengagement plan, were asked to leave the Knesset Wednesday afternoon after several demonstrators placed on their cloths an orange Star of David. The settlers new orange-badge campaign is aimed at shocking public opinion and crying out "against the uprooting of Jews from their homes." During the Holocaust, Jews were forced to wear a yellow Star of David. Knesset guards ordered the protestors to leave the compound. The settlers arrived at the Knesset...

Dec. 16, 2004 23:53 IAF hits target in south Gaza By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH An IAF helicopter fired a missile at a building in the Tel Sultan neighborhood in Rafah. IDF said the building belongs to Hamas and was used to store mortar shells. Dec. 16, 2004 21:37 | Updated Dec. 17, 2004 0:02 11 soldiers wounded in mortar attack By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Eleven soldiers of the Givati Brigade were lightly wounded when a salvo of three mortar shells exploded next to the Narkiss outpost near Atzmona in Gush Katif on Thursday evening. As soldiers returned fire, the wounded were evacuated...

(IsraelNN.com) According to the preliminary information available, four Israelis were wounded by terrorist gunfire in the Kissufim area of Gush Katif a short time ago. One of the victims is in grave condition with a head injury and a second victim was hit in a leg. They were transported to the trauma unit of Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. Two others were treated on the scene, as was a female who is hysterical. Her small child was apparently very lightly bruised. Soldiers killed one terrorist and a second, possibly a third, fled the area and remains at large.

Dec. 14, 2004 16:57 | Updated Dec. 14, 2004 20:49 Thai worker killed, 2 wounded in Gush Katif mortar attack By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH A mortar shell hit a greenhouse in the Ganei Tal settlement in the Gaza Strip, killing one woman and injuring two more. Photo: AP Two mortar shells fell on agricultural hothouses in the Ganei Tal settlement in Gush Katif early Tuesday evening killing a female Thai worker. Two other Thai workers were lightly wounded in the attack. The workers were evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Shortly after the mortars landed, Palestinians fired another mortar shell...

N'vei Dekalim, the largest community in Jewish Gaza, was bombarded with no fewer than 19 mortar shells over the night between Tuesday and Wednesday - and "thank G-d, no one was hurt," reports Katif.net. The attack began at 2:30 this morning, and continued for almost an hour and a half. Nothing like this unprecedented barrage is remembered in the past four years of warfare, say the locals. Shortly after sunrise, the residents began to inspect the town's industrial zone - the closest area to Khan Yunis, from where the shells were fired - and evaluate the damage. It was found...

A moderate voter turnout in the Likud - but the victory of the opponents of the unilateral evacuation/expulsion plan was sweeping. The Channel One television prediction, based on exit polls and other information, indicates that the Prime Minister's plan was defeated by a staggering 62%-38% vote. Another prediction states that the margin is 58-59% against, 41-42%. Channel Two: 56%-44%. MK Ehud Yatom of the Likud, an opponent of the plan, said that despite the wide victory, "Prime Minister Sharon must continue to lead the government." Yatom's party colleague MK Gila Gamliel said the same. Minister Gideon Ezra, who supports the...

An initiative which has brought thousands of people from across the country to visit Gush Katif for the first time is winning the hearts of the people of Israel, including quite a few Likud voters. “Ask most proponents of a withdrawal from Gaza whether they have ever been to Gush Katif and the answer will usually be, ‘no, I’ve never been there’ – ask them what they think it looks like and you usually hear a description of a fortified army base,” one volunteer told Arutz-7 after speaking with hundreds of Likud members. An organization called ‘We are on the...

<p>Click here to view a short video about Gush Katif, Gaza, one of the places that Jews will be removed from (in addition to Northern Judea and Samaria) if Sharon's Gaza Plan goes forth.</p> <p>It is a Windows Media Player stream. It may be helpful to download the stream to your hard drive, using this program (free), so it isn't choppy.</p>

Teams of Gush Katif residents have already begun visiting Likud members' homes in the southern region. Equipped with informational kits including maps and a short CD film, the Gush Katif supporters are putting a human face on Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement/expulsion plan. Organizers in Kfar Darom and elsewhere say that the teams' initial impression is that many of the Likud members simply do not know much about Gush Katif. Watching the movie and having a heart-to-heart talk with someone who lives in the region has made a significant number of "undecideds" change their minds to "against." In one case, one...

(IsraelNN.com) Border police reportedly apprehended a Hamas terrorist at Gush Katif Junction in Gaza. According to an Israel Radio report, the suspect was wanted by security forces.

Young Jews at the Gush Katif Jewish Community in Gaza, prepared a large kosher salad, and gave it to IDF soldiers serving to protect them from Palestinian Authority terrorists and other harbored terror groups. Gush Katif is a Jewish community, one of 17, that is set to be removed from Gaza.