"After the disengagement, Hamas rose to power. Before they forcibly took control of Gaza, Hamas won the elections, partly due to the disengagement," Hacohen said.
The disengagement law, approved in 2005, led to the dismantlement of the Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip.
Smotrich said that if there had been Jewish settlement, Hamas would not have taken over Gaza and turned it into a giant "terror monster."
"Today, Gaza is at the heart of the discourse in Israel. Who will rule there?"
At this point, the government has no plans to return to Gush Katif.
A ‘rediscovered’ museum provides insight into the thriving Gaza community before the disengagement – and its status post-Oct. 7 today.
Written from the gut, Hacohen's poetry can resonate with anyone, regardless of political viewpoints.
Knesset members attended a meeting regarding the resettlement of the Gaza Strip as outlined by Zionist goals of Jewish settlement in all of Israel.
A street in Kharkiv honors Corporal Alexei-Asher Nikov, killed saving schoolchildren from a terrorist attack in Gush Katif.
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