Gush Katif

BESA head Inbar: Another option is to take out Hamas’s military leadership, which ‘might be best, even if costly.’

Just as Hamas uses its civilians as human shields against Israeli military attacks, so the Israeli government uses its civilians as human shields to fend off diplomatic attacks from the international community.

“We wanted to live here because it was important - a place where we could contribute to Israel - and this is the place that we found.”

"We ask that Jews in Israel and the Diaspora continue to show their care and concern for the boys and their families, and keep hope alive.”

The Human Spirit.

Director says day planned by Gush Katif evacuees is "a day for right wing propaganda that attempts to provide a one-sided and biased narrative."

In longing to return to Gaza, Jews are driven by the natural and healthy ambition that any nation has to put down roots in the same ground where its ancestors lived for millennia.

Avi Farhan was removed from the Yamit settlement in Sinai and later Gush Katif, both on the orders of the former PM.

Benny Katzover who heads the Samaria Citizen’s Committee, has no plans to participate in the public ceremony in Jerusalem.