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A view of the Star of David ceiling art installation at the Netzer Hazani synagogue, representing Jewish unity, from below. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
Former evacuee from Gush Katif: ‘The expulsion from Gaza was a miracle’
Einat Bloch, a teenage activist at the time of the Gaza pullout in 2005, says that leaving Gaza saved her community from an Oct. 7-style attack.
Orit Arfa
June 26, 2025
Meir Dana-Picard in Kfar Darom, 20 years ago, with his then-1-year-old daughter. Credit: Courtesy of Meir Dana-Picard.
Jewish return advocate: Gaza must be ‘continuation’ of the Western Negev
“It should be a strip of land open to all, not something closed,” says Meir Dana-Picard, a leader of the 2005 resistance against disengagement.
Orit Arfa
June 19, 2025
Bryna Hilburg in the living room of her home in Netzer Hazani. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
‘You don’t look around for a new cemetery,’ says mother of fallen Israeli naval commando
Bryna Hilburg, a symbol of the bereaved families of Gush Katif, talks to JNS about the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the prospect of reinterring the remains of her son in Gaza.
Orit Arfa
June 12, 2025
Laurenz Beziz at the Gush Katif Heritage Center. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
Former Gush Katif resident Laurence Beziz: ‘We won’t say we told you so’
“The idea is not to go back to Gush Katif but to go back to a type of social, historical, Zionist, Jewish awareness that it’s a part of the State of Israel.”
Orit Arfa
June 5, 2025
Magen David, Jewish star. Credit: wal_172619/Pixabay.
They will destroy, and we will build
My mother has studied and experienced enough of Jewish history to be wary of its repeated patterns of tragedy and dislocation, and the chronic failures of overconfidence.
Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Jan. 27, 2025
The Ganei Tal Jewish community in Gush Katif being demolished during the disengagement from Gaza, Aug. 22, 2005. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.
Thousands to march for Gaza resettlement on Independence Day
According to the Nahala Movement, over 6,500 people were signed up for the march as of Monday.
May 14, 2024
A community emergency squad trains with IDF soldiers, simulating a terrorist infiltration scenario, in northern Israel, Jan. 18, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Witnessing Israelis’ will to fight on until complete victory
Despite the difficult challenges the Jewish people currently face, we will win.
Kobi Erez
Feb. 6, 2024
Ministers and MK's dance during the 'victory conference' at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on Jan. 28, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
US, France criticize Gaza resettlement conference
“This rhetoric is incendiary and irresponsible, and we take the prime minister at his word when he says that Israel does not intend to reoccupy Gaza," the White House said.
Jan. 30, 2024
Families prepared to live in the Gaza Strip take the stage at the "Settlement Brings Security" conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Jan. 28, 2024. Photo by David Isaac.
Settlement mega-event calls for Jewish return to Gaza
A majority of Israelis support Jews living in the Strip.
David Isaac
Jan. 29, 2024