Gush Katif

Beyond the Headlines: New synagogue in Kissufim, with the old Torah ark from Gush Katif - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

The new synagogue in Kibbutz Kissufim.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026.

Israel 'will return to the whole of Gaza,' should 'erase' Oslo Accords, Smotrich says

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference ahead of the vote on the state budget at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 29, 2026.

Smotrich says plans for northern Gaza settlements await Netanyahu's approval

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.

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


A time for healing

iENGAGE: The Three Weeks are an opportunity to pause in our endless arguments, and ask ourselves: Is this the Jewish people we want to be?

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'Israel compensates Palestinians killed by Hamas'

Channel 10: State pays NIS 1.07m. to families of 2 Palestinian workers killed in 2005 from Kassam rocket fired at Gush Katif.

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'Gush Katif evacuees more prone to health risks'

Study: Men who were evacuated from Gush Katif settlements in 2005 have more diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure.

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No end in sight for Gush Katif expellees

It’s been far too long without a remedy, and still there is no end in sight.

Gush Katif settlers are evacuated from Gaza 311 (R)

Meet the new MK: Zvulun Kalfa

Sixth in a series on the 48 new members of the 19th Knesset: Bayit Yehudi’s ‘Mayor of the City of Faith.’

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Grapevine: Haman, son of Haman

What Ahmadinejad and the ancient Haman have in common is the desire to exterminate the entire nation of Israel.

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Secular lessons from a 7-year-old religious folly

Minorities can’t stop any change the majority decides is worth setting aside its differences for.

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Civil disobedience

The minority would have the right to oppose the decision, and even more so if the leader was corrupt.

Gush Katif settlers are evacuated from Gaza 311 (R)

April 5: Some ‘initiative’

Israel can never agree to these terms. So much for illusions of the Saudi initiative.

The Jerusalem Post

‘I live in Gush Katif so you can live in TA’

The irony of an increasingly isolated Israel becomes more and more bitter.

Gush Katif settlers are evacuated from Gaza 311 (R)