Gush Katif

Israel grants legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, including two vacated in 2005 disengagement

The move follows government approval on Wednesday for the construction of 764 housing units across three settlements in the West Bank.

An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.
 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.

This week in Jewish history: The 2005 Gaza Disengagement

The Jerusalem Dispatch

The Jerusalem Dispatch: 20 years since disengagement

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon addresses the cabinet at a meeting in 2004, ahead of a vote on approving a Gaza pullout. Let’s not forget a key cause of our ongoing disaster – Sharon’s 2005 ‘disengagement’ from Gaza, the writer charges.

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La nécessité de reconstruire

Huit ans après le désengagement, l’organisation JobKatif œuvre toujours pour trouver des emplois à 2 400 ex-habitants du Goush Katif.

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From Palmah to Gush Katif to Bnei Dekalim

As a child, Esther Bazak served in the Palmah. As a single mother she moved to Yamit with her four small children, and from there to Neveh Dekalim.

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The vision to rebuild

8 years since the disengagement from Gaza, and the JobKatif organization has been busy finding employment for nearly 2,400 former Gush Katif residents.

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21 July: EU guidelines

The EU’s decision is a direct consequence of the recklessness and incompetence of the present government.

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MK on disengagement anniversary: One day I’ll return to my Gaza home

Gush Katif evacuation is ongoing national tragedy, says Edelstein; Ariel: MKs who voted for move should apologize to Kalfa.

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A time for healing

iENGAGE: The Three Weeks are an opportunity to pause in our endless arguments, and ask ourselves: Is this the Jewish people we want to be?

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'Israel compensates Palestinians killed by Hamas'

Channel 10: State pays NIS 1.07m. to families of 2 Palestinian workers killed in 2005 from Kassam rocket fired at Gush Katif.

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'Gush Katif evacuees more prone to health risks'

Study: Men who were evacuated from Gush Katif settlements in 2005 have more diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure.

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No end in sight for Gush Katif expellees

It’s been far too long without a remedy, and still there is no end in sight.

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Meet the new MK: Zvulun Kalfa

Sixth in a series on the 48 new members of the 19th Knesset: Bayit Yehudi’s ‘Mayor of the City of Faith.’

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