Especially when I read reports from Jennifer Packer from the Israel Project about the effects of the disengagement:
During this summer’s pullout:
21 Israeli settlements will be uprooted in the Gaza Strip.
4 Israeli settlements will be uprooted in the West Bank.
48 graves in the Gush Katif Cemetery, including six graves of area residents murdered by terrorists, will be uprooted.
9,000 is the approximate number of Israelis, including 1,700 Israeli families, currently living in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. All of them will be moved out as part of the withdrawal.
38 synagogues will be dismantled in the Gaza Strip.
5,000 school-age children will need to find new schools.
42 daycare centers will be closed in the Gaza Strip.
36 kindergartens will be closed in the Gaza Strip.
7 elementary schools will be closed in the Gaza Strip.
3 high schools will be closed in the Gaza Strip.
320 mobile homes, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, will serve as temporary housing for settlers, with approximately 300 additional mobile homes to be ordered in the future.
45,000 Israeli soldiers and policemen are expected to participate in the Gaza withdrawal.
$1.7 billion is the approximate cost to the Israeli government for the withdrawal initiative.
166 active Israeli farmers will be moved out of Gaza.
800 cows, comprising the second largest dairy farm in Israel, will be moved out of Gush Katif.
$120 million in flowers and produce exported annually from Gush Katif will be lost.
1 zoo, the "Katifari," that houses hundreds of animals will be moved.
10,000 people employed in agriculture and related industries in Gush Katif, including 5,000 Palestinians, will need new employment.
60% of Israel's cherry tomato exports come from the Gaza Strip. Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza will extinguish this economic resource.
3.5 million square meters (almost 1,000 acres) of greenhouses will be abandoned in Gaza.
70% of Israel's organic produce is currently produced in Gaza. This is another economic resource that will be lost.
60% of the herbs exported from Israel come from Gush Katif.
15% of Israel's agricultural exports originate in Gaza – exports that will be lost following Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.
$360,000 is the approximate average compensation amount Israel expects to pay to relocate each family.
$870 million is the approximate cost for Israel to facilitate the resettlement of former West Bank and Gaza residents elsewhere in the country.
$500 million is the amount of money Israel’s security establishment will spend in order to relocate Israel Defense Forces bases outside the Gaza Strip and build new border crossing facilities.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Why I feel "orange" at times
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The Gaza Strip belongs to the Palestinians?
Is the possession of the land biblical or judicial?
What is the history of Gaza? A brief history:
Gaza marks the southern border of ancient, Biblical Canaan. Its original inhabitants were a group of people known as the Avvites (Deut. 2;23; Josh. 13:3). This distinct group of people is now extinct.
It was captured and conquered by the men of the tribe of Judah (Judges 1:18) and was included in the allotment given to that tribe (Josh. 15:47). It remained in the possession of the Canaanites until the beginning of the 12th century BCE, when it became occupied by the Philistines.
In Gaza, the famous saga of Samson and his miraculous feats of strength took place.
King Baldwin I of Jerusalem occupied the city, which was known in Crusader occupation times as Gadres. From the time of Baldwin III (1152 CE), it was a Templar stronghold. In 1170, it fell to Saladin. Under Mamluk occupation and rule, Gaza was capital of a district (mamlaka) embracing the whole coastal plain up to Athlit. After the destruction of Gaza by the Crusaders, the Jewish community ceased to exist.
Gaza flourished under Ottoman rule. The Jewish community was once again flourishing and prosperous during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Gaza was a Turkish stronghold during World War I. Two British attacks made on Gaza during 1916-17 failed and it was finally taken during a flanking movement by Allenby. Under British Mandatory occupation and rule, Gaza developed slowly. The last Jews living in Gaza left the town as result of the Arab anti-Jewish disturbances and massacres that took place during 1929.
In 1946, Gaza's population was estimated at 19,500, all Muslim except for 720 Christians.
During Israel's War of Independence, the invading Egyptian army attacked, conquered and occupied Gaza. (That occupation lasted from May 1948 through June 1967, when Egypt again attacked).
Then in 1967 Israel took Gaza over
that is that in a nutshell -
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the only reason all that agriculture will be "lost" is because the settlers use unfair business practices to grow it.
with israeli employment and tax laws applied like they are inside the green line, it becomes uneconomical.
We come now to the Blogs World and to see some blogs I clicked the upperside right button “Next Blog” and in the third click I see your blog.
Thousands miles from you, I don’t understand well yours sentiments but I see the peace symbol. When we see this symbol a great sentiment of solidarity appears.
We suffer seeing all days in TV the attacks of the two sides. The deaths, the suffering of the fathers, mothers, sisters …
I have in great consideration your land, because is the land of Jesus, who I admire.
Personally I understand that who want the peace must give something.
And only who have something, can give.
I understand that Israel is doing a great effort to give a chance to the peace. And the world appreciate this.
I hope that the peace go for you.
Fred Schmidt - cidadanianobrasil.blogspot.com
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