Smotrich: Rebuilding of Gaza Jewish Communities ‘Closer than Ever’
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Smotrich: Rebuilding of Gaza Jewish communities ‘closer than ever’
At a Gush Katif event, Israel’s finance minister outlines plans for renewed and expanded Jewish communities in Gaza, calling it a “realistic work plan.”The post Smotrich: Rebuilding of Gaza Jewish communities ‘closer than ever’ appeared first on JNS.org.
Smotrich: 'Gaza is an inseparable part of the Land of Israel'
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday that Israel must reestablish a civilian presence in the Gaza Strip but not by returning to Gush Katif, the former bloc of Israeli settlements evacuated in the 2005 Disengagement Plan. "That's too small, too crowded. It needs to be much bigger," he said. Smotrich was speaking at the National Responsibility Katif Conference, held to mark 20 years since the disengagement. Among the other par…
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Almost a year after the "Our Gaza" conference in which Knesset members from the coalition called for the return of settlers to the Strip, senior state officials will gather today to discuss the lessons of the disengagement and its security and social implications.
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