11/5/2023, 6:22:17 AM
Highlights: Israel-Hamas war: Former settlers dream of a return to Gaza. Nearly two decades after their forced departure from Gaza, Israelis are no longer ruling out a return. They talk about it as a paradise lost. Whether nostalgic, embittered, vengeful or philosophical, they evoke an experience that has marked them forever. They've never been very popular, and they know it. But since the October 7 massacres fomented by Hamas, their buried history has been reawakened.
Nearly two decades after their forced departure from Gaza, Israelis are no longer ruling out a return to the Palestinian enclave. A consequence of the
They talk about it as a paradise lost. Whether nostalgic, embittered, vengeful or philosophical, they evoke an experience that has marked them forever. The former Israeli settlers of the Gaza Strip, in what has been called Gush Katif, form a unique community in Israel. They've never been very popular, and they know it. But since the October 7 massacres fomented by Hamas in its stronghold of Gaza, their buried history has been reawakened.
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