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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.<ref name="cnn">[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/gaza.pullout/index.html CNN - Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says]</ref> 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]].<ref name="ynet">[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3128698,00.html Clashes, tears in Neve Dekalim] </ref> |
The evacuation of Neve Dekalim began on August 15, as part of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan, and was completed on 18 August.<ref name="cnn">[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/gaza.pullout/index.html CNN - Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says]</ref> 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]].<ref name="ynet">[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3128698,00.html Clashes, tears in Neve Dekalim] </ref> |
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[[File:Girls School at Neve Dekalim.jpg|thumb|Neve Dekalim girls' school]] |
[[File:Girls School at Neve Dekalim.jpg|thumb|Neve Dekalim girls' school]] |
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The homes were [[bulldozer|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.<ref name="ynet Hamas">{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Aaron|title=Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3171005,00.html|accessdate=1 April 2012|newspaper=Ynetnews|date=11.18.05}}</ref> |
The homes were [[bulldozer|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.<ref name="ynet Hamas">{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Aaron|title=Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3171005,00.html|accessdate=1 April 2012|newspaper=Ynetnews|date=11.18.05}}</ref>The donors spent $14 million on the purchase. Former World Bank President [[James Wolfensohn]] put up $500,000 of his own cash. Despite the presence of Palestinian security guards, dozens of greenhouses were looted by Palestinians, who emptied them of irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9331863/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/looters-strip->gaza-greenhouses/#.UOu9xXfsPYc Looters strip Gaza greenhouses]</ref> |
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Marching through the abandoned town in a "victory parade," thousands of masked [[Hamas]] gunmen fired in the air and trampled an [[Israeli flag]]. <ref>[http://articles.boston.com/2005-09-17/news/29221476_1_hamas-gunmen-gaza-pullout-gaza-strip Hamas celebrates Gaza pullout]</ref> |
Marching through the abandoned town in a "victory parade," thousands of masked [[Hamas]] gunmen fired in the air and trampled an [[Israeli flag]]. <ref>[http://articles.boston.com/2005-09-17/news/29221476_1_hamas-gunmen-gaza-pullout-gaza-strip Hamas celebrates Gaza pullout]</ref> |
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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 name="ynet Hamas" /> |
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 name="ynet Hamas" /> |
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The [[Hamas]]-run [[Al-Aqsa University]] opened a campus on the site utilizing some of the remaining buildings.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} |
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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> |
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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Neve Dekalim
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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 terrorist 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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From the Second Intifada until its evacuation in 2005, Gaza militants fired some 6,000 mortars and Qassam rockets at Neve Dekalim.[3] In July 2005, shortly before the disengagement plan was implemented, two people were injured by mortar fire.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[2]The donors spent $14 million on the purchase. Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn put up $500,000 of his own cash. Despite the presence of Palestinian security guards, dozens of greenhouses were looted by Palestinians, who emptied them of irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting.[7]
Marching through the abandoned town in a "victory parade," thousands of masked Hamas gunmen fired in the air and trampled an Israeli flag. [8]
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.[2]
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
- ^ a b c Klein, Aaron (11.18.05). "Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'". Ynetnews. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Waiting for a miracle, The Economist
- ^ Violence flares up in Gaza Strip
- ^ CNN - Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says
- ^ Clashes, tears in Neve Dekalim
- ^ >gaza-greenhouses/#.UOu9xXfsPYc Looters strip Gaza greenhouses
- ^ Hamas celebrates Gaza pullout
- ^ Settlers and Palestinians remember 2005 Gaza pullout
- ^ Grains of Sand: The Fall of Neve Dekalim
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