Disengagement

Why Israel must reverse the 2005 Gaza withdrawal, resettle Gush Katif - opinion

Twenty-one years after the Gush Katif withdrawal, Israel must replace retreat with rebuilding and ensure Gaza can never again become a terror base.

GUSH KATIF’S pioneers made the desert bloom: Entrance to Neveh Dekalim, seen July 2005.
The Jerusalem Dispatch

The Jerusalem Dispatch: 20 years since disengagement

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon is seen in an archive image taken during the 1980s

Gaza Disengagement, revisited: Sharon’s gamble, Israel’s price

A GIRL is evacuated from Neveh Dekalim, Aug. 2005.

It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform


Returning to Gaza is a big mistake, calls are disturbing - editorial

Calls to return to Gaza settlements are divisive amid current warfare in Gaza and the costs of October 7.

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.

Israeli control over Gaza would be deadly for Israelis and Palestinians - opinion

The settlements did not protect Israel – we as soldiers protected the settlements, always at the Palestinians’ expense.

 ‘WE HAVE an obligation to speak out as calls for resettlement of Gaza mount in Israel,’ the writer argues.

After 18-years of abuse of power, Palestinians undeserving of self-rule in Gaza - opinion

Israel has proven itself capable and willing to rule Gaza in a prudent and judicious manner.

 THE FORMER Israeli community of Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip: Abuse of power should disqualify the Palestinians from ruling in Gaza, the writer argues.

'Heroes of Gaza': Mini Israel Park to unveil its Gush Katif model over Hanukkah

The event aims to expose visitors to the lives that existed in Gush Katif up until nearly 20 years ago when the settlements were evacuated.

 The model of Gush Katif.

When Israelis formed a human chain to stop the Gaza Disengagement - opinion

Eighteen years ago, 150,000 people formed a human chain, 90 km. long, that stretched from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

 HUMAN CHAIN in protest of the Disengagement, July 25, 2004.

Coalition of 11 right-wing organizations unveils Gaza strip resettlement initiative

The overarching objective is to fortify the security belt and reestablish a Jewish presence in these regions.

 Signs are displayed outside a visitor's center in Nitzan near Ashod, Israel, that commemorates the former Gush Katif Jewish settlements in Gaza , August 9, 2015

Paradigms will need to shift for Sderot to be reborn - analysis

A few months ago, only those considered on the far-right would talk about resettling Gaza. Now, the idea is taking hold.

Israeli police explosive experts survey the remains of a private house after it was hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, in Sderot, southern Israel October 15, 2023.

Is this Israel’s moment to re-occupy Gaza? - analysis

The considerations that constrained Israel in the past are no longer relevant.

 Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

WATCH: Palestinian factions hold joint drill on disengagement anniversary

Hamas-affiliated media linked the timing of the exercise to rising tensions surrounding the status of Palestinian prisoners.

 Palestinian terrorists conduct joint exercise in Gaza Strip. September 12, 2023

The West Bank is becoming like Gaza without Israeli disengagement - opinion

The Gazafication of the West Bank is not a theoretical threat to be used against any hint of settlement evacuation. It is the reality unfolding on the ground today.

 ARMED PALESTINIANS march after an Israeli military operation in Jenin last month.