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...Although the eviction orders became effective four days earlier, the army did not come Thursday to evacuate Gadid. Most of the settlement's residents did not wait for the IDF troops; they went to a hotel in Neveh Illan, a village near Jerusalem. The Bentolilas stayed home. Lynn continued to go to the Neve Dekalim medical clinic, where she works as the administrative manager. Many of Gush Katif's settlers, she explains, refuse to be treated by IDF's and police medical crews. They want to be taken care of only by their fellow settlers...
...Trust is a sore point for many residents. The Bentolilas feel they weren't properly informed by Israeli authorities about the evacuation procedures and schedule. "They change their plans every day and the information they give is incorrect," says Lynn. Although the residents of Gadid were promised that they would not be evacuated on a Friday, on a Thursday evening Lynn didn't know if she and her family would indeed be able to spend the Sabbath at home. During the past four days the family had slowly packed most of its stuff, and by Thursday was ready...
...already feel disengaged", confessed Lynn on Thursday night. "But I pray that we will rehabilitate ourselves and will come back here stronger, to rebuilt Gush Katif...
Like most of Gaza's residents, the Hilburgs thrived by growing organic crops, notably cherry tomatoes for export to Europe. The Hilburgs say it breaks their hearts to dismantle the hothouses they worked so hard to build, but in the nearby enclave of Gadid, another U.S.-born settler, Lynn Bentolila, expresses a sentiment widely shared in the Gush: "I don't want to see [the Palestinians] using my land or living in my house." The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have been wrangling over the issue: both agree the Israeli houses should be destroyed but dispute who would...
...LYNN BRADACH...