Gush Katif
Netanyahu denies request that annual Elul prayer be held in Gaza Strip, Minister Strock says
"We will not forget and cannot forget that Gaza is ours," Strock said at a prayer event near the Gaza border attended by prominent Gush Katif rabbis and members of the security cabinet.
Beyond the Headlines: New synagogue in Kissufim, with the old Torah ark from Gush Katif - opinion
Israel 'will return to the whole of Gaza,' should 'erase' Oslo Accords, Smotrich says
Smotrich says plans for northern Gaza settlements await Netanyahu's approval
Disengagement Trauma
Ten years on, many former Gush Katif residents are still mourning the loss of their homes.
This Week in Israeli History: Last Residents of Gush Katif Evicted, Guy Hever MIA and Emmanuel Moreno
Former chief of staff: Ariel Sharon designed Gaza disengagement to save West Bank settlements
Former US President George W. Bush promised Sharon that the settlement blocs would be included within Israel’s final borders after revealing the Gaza disengagement plan, says Dov Weisglass.
The humans behind the headlines
Orit Arfa's novel 'The Settler' aims to give the reader a better sense of the picture and human faces behind the disengagement of the Gaza Strip in 2005.
10 years since losing their home- and almost their religion
Three Gush Katif evacuees open up about the loss of their home, their faith, and their return to the roots that were never uprooted
Majority of Israelis say they opposed Gaza withdrawal, contrary to polling at the time
Bar-Ilan University Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies poll shows that some 59 percent of the Israeli public said they were opposed to the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
Gush Katif evacuees mark 10th anniversary of uprooting
Hundreds of former residents of Gush Katif and Northern Samaria congregated at the President’s Residence where President Reuven Rivlin had initially been scheduled to address them.
UN chief Ban condemns Israeli appropriation of West Bank land
"The seizure of such a large swathe of land risks paving the way for further settlement activity, which – as the United Nations has reiterated on many occasions – is illegal," UN chief says.
Media Comment: The vacuum of critique
In 2005, Israel’s media was largely exuberant about the upcoming unilateral retreat, for Sharon was implementing one of its dreams: the end of part of the “occupation”
Stop mowing the grass
However, we have seen this same song and dance several times before. Every few years since Israel’s withdrawal in 2005, Israel is goaded into an incursion against Hamas.
