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Hamas turned the site into a barbed-wire enclosed [[Palestinian political violence|terror]] training camp from which [[Qassam]] rockets were launched into Israel. Signs posted in Arabic state that it is a "closed military zone." [[Mahmoud al-Zahar]], chief of Hamas said that Hamas planned to launch terror attacks that would drive Jews out of the West Bank and the entire state. <ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3171005,00.html Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp']</ref> |
Hamas turned the site into a barbed-wire enclosed [[Palestinian political violence|terror]] training camp from which [[Qassam]] rockets were launched into Israel. Signs posted in Arabic state that it is a "closed military zone." [[Mahmoud al-Zahar]], chief of Hamas said that Hamas planned to launch terror attacks that would drive Jews out of the West Bank and the entire state. <ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3171005,00.html Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp']</ref> |
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The [[Hamas]]-run [[Al-Aqsa University]] opened a campus on the site utilizing some of the remaining buildings. |
The [[Hamas]]-run [[Al-Aqsa University]] opened a campus on the site utilizing some of the remaining buildings.{{fact}} |
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In 2010, the site of Neve Dekalim was mostly sand and rubble, with Palestinian trucks removing the last remnants of Jewish homes for use as construction material. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11002744 Settlers and Palestinians remember 2005 Gaza pullout]</ref> |
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==Literary references== |
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Revision as of 09:37, 4 January 2012
Neve Dekalim
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| Country | Israel |
| Founded | 1983 |
Neve Dekalim (Template:Lang-he) (lit. "Oasis of Palms") was an Israeli settlement and a community in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip. It was founded in 1983 after the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, on uninhabited sand dunes. Neve Dekalim served as a regional center for the Gush Katif region and was the seat of the Hof Aza Regional Council. It was located between the former Egyptian town of Khan Yunis and the Mediterranean Sea.[1]Neve Dekalim was evacuated in August 2005 as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan. It was turned into a martyrs training camp by Hamas.[2]
History
The population consisted of about 520 families (2,600 people), mainly Orthodox Jews. It was the largest Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and served as the commercial center for the primarily agricultural settlements surrounding it, particularly the residents of the Gush Katif bloc.
Located in the town were a large range of educational institutions including: day care centers, kindergartens, the regional elementary school, an ulpana (religious dormitory high school for girls), a hesder yeshiva, a yeshiva for advanced studies, a women's college, a community center, a research center for the study of the Sinai region, a youth center and a pensioners club. There were eight synagogues, a regional library, two medical clinics, a strip mall including fast food restaurants as well as a supermarket and a small zoo. The industrial zone housed carpentry and metalwork workshops, a printing company, a fruit juice factory and a cookie factory.
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In July 2005, Palestinians fired mortars at Neve Dekalim, injuring two people.[3]
Evacuation and withdrawal
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The evacuation of Neve Dekalim began on August 15, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, and was completed on 18 August.[4] The residents were given 48 hours to leave. Those who refused to evacuate barricaded themselves in the synagogue, but were forcibly removed by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police.[5]
Aftermath
The homes were bulldozed after the withdrawal on August 14, leaving only the greenhouses, which were part of a transaction in which private American citizens bought them for the Palestinians.[6]
Marching through the abandoned town in a "victory parade," thousands of masked Hamas gunmen fired in the air and trampled an Israeli flag. [7]
Hamas turned the site into a barbed-wire enclosed terror training camp from which Qassam rockets were launched into Israel. Signs posted in Arabic state that it is a "closed military zone." Mahmoud al-Zahar, chief of Hamas said that Hamas planned to launch terror attacks that would drive Jews out of the West Bank and the entire state. [8]
The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa University opened a campus on the site utilizing some of the remaining buildings.[citation needed]
In 2010, the site of Neve Dekalim was mostly sand and rubble, with Palestinian trucks removing the last remnants of Jewish homes for use as construction material. [9]
Literary references
Neve Dekalim is featured in the movie Disengagement by Amos Gitai. Grains Of Sand: The Fall Of Neve Dekalim by Shifra Shomron, a former resident of Neve Dekalim, is a semi-autobiographical novel about an Israeli family evacuated from Gush Katif. [10]
References
- ^ Expulsion Forces in Neve Dekalim
- ^ Terrorists vie for Gaza Jewish capital
- ^ Violence flares up in Gaza Strip
- ^ CNN - Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says
- ^ Clashes, tears in Neve Dekalim
- ^ Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'
- ^ Hamas celebrates Gaza pullout
- ^ Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'
- ^ Settlers and Palestinians remember 2005 Gaza pullout
- ^ Grains of Sand: The Fall of Neve Dekalim
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