Posted by naomigrossman on July 28, 2010
How has the expulsion from Gush Katif affected the children from the region? How do they,as young adults five years on, relate to life outside their childhood home, the army, and their memories of the Disengagement?
To read a feature article on this from the ynet website, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on June 27, 2010
The government has given approval for 31 families from Gush Katif families from Elei Sinai, Dugit, and Nissanit to rebuild their homes at Kibbutz Nvei Yam, just south of Haifa in northern Israel.
To read a report from Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) about this, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on June 27, 2010
Finally, owners of businesses in Gush Katif that crashed when the area was evacuated in 2005 may be getting some recompense.
Ynet reports that a bill offering pensions to business owners who have not, to date, resuscitated their businesses has passed its first reading in the Knesset. To read this report, click here.
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Posted by emmalazarus on June 15, 2010
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) states that the final report on the government’s handling of the former residents concludes that the government mishandled the situation, and it calls for solutions for all outstanding issues by the end of 2011.
To read the JTA report, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on May 20, 2010
A petition calling for the building freeze to be relaxed in Ariel so that homes can be constructed for Gush Katif expellees has been signed by around 56 MKs from several parties.
To read a report on this from the ynet website, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on May 6, 2010
The new building freeze has made life even more difficult for the former residents of Netzarim, a community in the Gush Katif bloc. As Grants Israel reports, the community, which has rebuilt itself in a neighborhood in Ariel, was hoping to build permanent homes there. But the freeze has thrown a spanner into their plans.
To read more on this, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on April 21, 2010
When the Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaakov Margi, toured the Nitzan caravilla site, he was shocked by what he saw.
To read a ynet report on this, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on April 13, 2010
A play about Gush Katif has opened in Los Angeles. Called “A Tiny Piece of Land,” it is all about a secular family in Gush Katif in 2005 during the run-up to the Disengagement.
To read more about it from Arutz Sheva, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on March 11, 2010
A group of 20 former residents of Gush Katif have filed a class-action suit against Tnufa (the recently renamed disengagement administration once known as SELA). They are claiming that the administration has mishandled its responsibilities regarding compensation payments to the former residents.
To read an article about this on ynet, click here.
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Posted by naomigrossman on February 7, 2010
Arutz Sheva reports that three women from Gush Katif have presented an art exhibition in the Katif Center in Nitzan, home to many of the former residents of this once-vibrant community today. The exhibition endeavors to capture the spirit of Jewish Gaza and forms a fine tribute to this beautiful bloc of communities that was so tragically uprooted.
To read the report, click here.
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