Gush Katif

Israel gave up Gush Katif and got Oct. 7. Why does Trump think Iran will be different? - opinion

America doesn't have to agree with every Israeli assessment. But it should be careful about dismissing the judgment of a nation that has repeatedly tested the very theories now being applied to Iran.

|ByDUVI HONIG
A memorial ceremony at the Nova festival marking two years since the October 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, murdering more than 1200 people. October 07, 2025.
Avichai Ayubi.

‘I never knew my father’: Avichai Ayubi on loss, Israel’s orphaned generation, and moving forward

Avichai was born five months after his father's death. But that is not to say his father's presence has not played an important role in his life.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Israel grants legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, including two vacated in 2005 disengagement

The move follows government approval on Wednesday for the construction of 764 housing units across three settlements in the West Bank.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS
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.

This week in Jewish history: The 2005 Gaza Disengagement

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

'Gaza is part of The Land of Israel,' former education minister says

"Today, Gaza is at the heart of the discourse in Israel. Who will rule there?"

AUGUST 5, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
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

Grapevine, August 3, 2024: Happy 104th, Roz!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 3, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An image of a model of Gush Katif.

Yearning for home in Gush Katif: ‘It’s the most human feeling; it’s not political’ - comment

At this point, the government has no plans to return to Gush Katif.

JULY 30, 2024ByATARA BECK
The Neveh Dekalim community in Gush Katif burns on the day of the disengagement.

Rise, fall, rumored return: Gaza's Gush Katif remembered in Jerusalem

A ‘rediscovered’ museum provides insight into the thriving Gaza community before the disengagement – and its status post-Oct. 7 today.

JULY 29, 2024ByMOLLY MYERS
THE STORY of Gush Katif lives on through the museum, founded in 2008.

'The Dove That Didn’t Return': A soldier’s experiences - review

Written from the gut, Hacohen's poetry can resonate with anyone, regardless of political viewpoints.

JULY 27, 2024ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
STREET ART.

'Shifa should become October 7 museum': Gaza resettlement caucus convenes

Knesset members attended a meeting regarding the resettlement of the Gaza Strip as outlined by Zionist goals of Jewish settlement in all of Israel.

JUNE 18, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Right-wing Israelis march in support of settlements in the Gaza Strip, February 29, 2024

A street in Kharkiv to be named after a fallen IDF soldier

A street in Kharkiv honors Corporal Alexei-Asher Nikov, killed saving schoolchildren from a terrorist attack in Gush Katif.

MAY 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Image of Corporal Alexei-Asher Nikov made of smaller images of the children he saved. Uploaded on 7/5/2024

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.

JANUARY 30, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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.

'Oslo is dead': Right-wing ministers, MKs call for return to Gaza settlements

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called Sunday for an immediate return to Gaza settlements and "correction" of the Oslo Accords.

JANUARY 28, 2024ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan pictured at Jerusalem International Convention Center, January 28.

'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.

DECEMBER 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The model of Gush Katif.