Tag: Katif

"Any construction material that's being confiscated today is another bullet in Yehuda Dimentman's chest."

"I thought maybe they were confused because I live on a moshav of Gush Katif evacuees."

A month and a half ago, many residents of Yad Binyamin marked the 13th anniversary of their expulsion from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip.

A local official believes most of the missing money is being kept in the Agriculture Ministry's coffers.

A third of the evacuees still live in temporary housing, 14% are unemployed and a third still see themselves as Gush Katif residents.

Twelve years...how could it be twelve years since that fateful, horrible summer when Israel acted unilaterally, stupidly, leaving Gush Katif

About 13% of the uprooted Jews of Gaza, are still living in temporary mobile homes.

Kol Israel was instructed to block access to MKs wishing to speak against the uprooting of some 8,000 Jews from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip, in 2005.

Yishai plays recordings from the month-and-a-half he and his wife, Malka, spent broadcasting from Gush Katif during the 2005 disengagement. The Fleishers provided their priceless, on-the-scene perspective of one of the most dramatic moments in Israeli history, as they observed the communities’ valiant refusal to leave their homes — even as their towns were cut off from food and supplies — while being intimidated by the Israeli government.