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

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
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

“Gush Katif is small,” Smotrich told Pulse of Israel podcast host Avi Abelow. “We will return to the whole of Gaza in a big way.”

|BySAM HALPERN
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

The finance minister’s statements calling for West Bank and Gaza annexation often draw sharp international condemnation, as well as criticism for harming Israel’s global standing.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

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

'If we stayed in Gaza, Oct. 7 wouldn't have happened,' says general who led evacuation - interview

"After the disengagement, Hamas rose to power. Before they forcibly took control of Gaza, Hamas won the elections, partly due to the disengagement," Hacohen said.

AUGUST 24, 2024BySHERRY MAKOVER-BALIKOV
Gershon Hacohen speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon", in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, March 19, 2024.

Party formed to repeal disengagement law in Gush Katif

The disengagement law, approved in 2005, led to the dismantlement of the Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip. 

AUGUST 8, 2024ByKESHET NEEV
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.

Jewish settlement in Gaza would've prevented October 7, Smotrich says

Smotrich said that if there had been Jewish settlement, Hamas would not have taken over Gaza and turned it into a giant "terror monster."

AUGUST 5, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the the The 10th Katif Conference for National Responsibility. August 5, 2024.

'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