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...Thursday the Hilburg's home settlement of Netzer Hazani was evacuated. The soldiers came to Sammy and Bryna Hilburg's house around 10:00 a.m. Their children were already away, but Sammy and Bryna were not awaiting the eviction on their own. Their house was crowded with friends, neighbors' kids and a few illegal infiltrators. Bryna's slow, detailed description of the event still bears traces of the emotions that it has raised in her: "On the walls of our house we put a sign saying: 'Is it Good to Die for Your Country Again?' and under that sign...
...When the soldiers came in they found the bereaved parents sitting on the floor, under their sons' picture, surrounded by a bunch of guests. "Somebody here brought a guitar and we were singing very slow, emotional songs in Hebrew," says Bryna. "The emotions were very high and most people were crying, including myself...
...Bryna did not want the soldiers to come in, "I didn't feel that those soldiers could be part of my life", she explains, "but eventually, somebody said that I should let them in and that we should have some sort of dialogue. I told the soldiers that we had to make sure that we did not break down our country, that I thought it was very important that we learn to be one nation. I told them the importance of having a Jewish state for the Jewish people and told them not to forget where they came from...
...last walk through the rooms. They then went with the soldiers to the center of the village and asked the troops to let them enter the youth club that was built in the memory of Yochanan. "One of the soldiers, an Air Force pilot, accompanied us," says Bryna. She told him that she hopes that he will be able to live with himself after what he has done that...
...Hazanis families have rented rooms. The congregation decided to stick together and keep its community life wherever they will eventually settle. In September they will look for temporary accommodations in the south. But it will take some time to reconstruct their lives. "All the way from Gush Katif," says Bryna, "I kept on thinking: I have 16 years of education, which I got in the USA, I'm married and I have 6 children. I had a house. Today I'm homeless...