Gush Katif

Seven Israelis including one minor charged for breaching military zone, crossing into Gaza

The defendants were among protesters who resisted arrest, which required police and military action to remove them.

Erez crossing
 Photos of the destruction in Kibbutz Be'eri taken in the beginning of November 2023.

Great heaviness melding with tremendous light - opinion

 An image of a model of Gush Katif.

Likud to hold event in support of resettling Gaza

 Gershon Hacohen speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon", in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, March 19, 2024.

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


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. 

 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."

 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?"

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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.

 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.

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