Shifra Shomron is the author of “Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim” (2007, Mazo Publishers), available at http://myvoiceinisrael.insightonthenews.net/?page_id=20.
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After camping out in tents for a year, the Maoz family needed some time out.
I never visited but Gush Katif looked like an amazing oasis created by Israel's most loyal citizens
Former PM Ariel Sharon succinctly said, "the fate of Netzarim (Gush Katif) is the fate of Tel-Aviv."
As we're thinking ahead and making our New Year resolutions, here are 5 easy ways to help the Zionist pioneering citizens formerly of Gush Katif rebuild their lives destroyed in the 2005 Disengagement Plan.
He wondered what it was like to live in Israel, to be religious.
Gush Katif families reflect on their journey to a permanent home
On a fresh August morning, I toured the newly re-built Netzer Hazani. This former Gush Katif community has successfully re-established itself near Yesodot, 8 years after Ariel Sharon's 2005 Disengagement Plan. It was truly amazing to once again see road signs bearing the names of Gush Katif communities! Seeing the green road sign with the white emblazoned letters of Netzer Hazani on it made something inside me first shudder and then smile.


