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...This week the Israeli government began moving thousands of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. Officials say once the area is cleared of all Jews, the land will be renamed Utah." --CONAN O'BRIEN...
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Israel's 21 Gaza settlements proceeded far more smoothly than many security assessments had anticipated. Despite scenes of defiance and anguish as 43,000 soldiers and police began to clear the 8,700 settlers and their supporters from the areas, there was little violence and few serious injuries. As a result, it is Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, who now faces the biggest political risk...
...over Israel or to temporary homes built by the government on sand dunes near the town of Ashkelon, Israel will first salvage metal and other materials before destroying the settlements' houses. Much of the rubble will be used to build breakwaters for a new Palestinian port south of Gaza City. Even before the land is cleared, the question is, Who gets the spoils...
...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 we had a picture of our son, Yochanan, who was killed in Lebanon." Yochanan had been buried in Gaza, but his remains will eventually leave the area along with his parents, though it's uncertain where he will be reburried...
...Then, they got on the 20 busses that were awaiting them, and after quite a long wait they started in the slow procession out of Gush Katif. Just out of Gaza Strip, people from the local kibbutzim greeted them with refreshments. The next stop in the journey was, according to the evictees' request, the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. It was almost 1:00 AM when they arrived to the ancient, sacred site, but the place was packed. The Hilburgs have a daughter who lives in the city of Modiin, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; they spent the night...