Gaza in yellow surrounded by all the Israeli locations where the rockets hit.
Source: Muqata
Map of the former Israeli settlements (Gush Katif) in the Gaza Strip. Im August 2005, the Gush Katif area with its Jewish settlements was handed over to the Palestinian Authority; a deal turning out to be a catastrophe.
Source: Muqata
For a week or so, I have been hearing some national religious, especially from the settler movement, the idea that the Israeli soldiers should remain in Gaza. Thus, the settlements given up in August 2005, could be re - established. This would be the best solution, as all those towns in the Negev weren't attacked anymore.
Already in 2004, when the whole public discussion about the end of Gush Katif started, I wasn't really sure if the Gaza Strip was really a part of Israel. Or call it "Eretz Israel", if you like.
Already the Prophets let us know that the former area of the Philistines was anything but peaceful. Just look at King David and all the wars he had with them.
Is Gaza really part of Israel ?
Many say NO and others told me that so many miracles happened while the Israelis were settling there. Too many miracles to just be ignored. Bombs didn't go off or miraculously, not many Jews got hurt. Wasn't this a sign from G - d that we should stay and settle there ?
Until the very end, the inhabitants of Gush Katif (not all of them were religious, as there were also secular Jews among them) believed that G - d would rescue them. Just make another miracle.
When this didn't happened, many people started looking for other solutions. I think it was a Chabad site publishing a Kabbalist who claimed that in a few years or so, a deadly earthquake is going to take place in Gaza. And this is why G - d actually took us out of there - to save us.
Why can't people just accept reality ?
I know that it is not always too pleasant but this is the world we momentarily live in.
The army won't re - conquer the Gaza Strip. This is not its mission but weakening Hamas and destroying all their ammunition.
No one wants to re - settle Gaza, as the whole Strip is referred to as nothing but a burden.
A link for those interested in the former Gush Katif settlements:
Gush Katif Net
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