The people of Netzarim, an isolated community in central Gaza, have been informed that the army forces will arrive to expel them this Monday. As far as is known, not one family in Netzarim has begun to pack. They have informed the army that they will not leave on their own, but neither will they […]

Buses are scheduled to leave from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem at 4 PM today, towards Netivot, Sderot and Ofakim. The buses will leave from Tel Aviv’s northern train station and from Binyanei HaUmah in Jerusalem. The passengers will try to reach Gush Katif from these areas. The Yesha Council also has other plans for today. […]

Feiglin, speaking with Israel National Radio’s Eli Stutz, from Gush Katif, where he moved a month ago, also had advice for anyone who was beginning to get depressed about the prospects of a victorious struggle against the Disengagement Plan. “If you are depressed about the situation, just come to Gush Katif,” he said. “The faces […]

“There was supposed to be a brit milah (ritual circumcision) of the first-born son of Ovadiah Ben-Natan,” founding Netzer Hazani member Anita Tucker said today, “but it had to be pushed off because the baby was a bit jaundiced.” Ovadiah spent over a week in prison and is still under house-and-yeshiva arrest for his part […]

In one attack, at approximately 3:30 AM, an Arab terrorist opened massive rounds of fire from a three-story building which is located several dozen meters north of the Jewish town, overlooking the whole community. Protest tents housing pro-Gush Katif activists as well as military positions were targeted. From the initial terrorist fire, there were no […]

Tonight at midnight, the entrances to Gush Katif will be officially closed. Only security forces will be allowed in, and only outbound traffic will be permitted. Over the coming two days, police and soldiers will present residents with expulsion orders, and will help those who wish to leave with packing and the like. At midnight […]

Militants loosely affiliated to the Fatah Party of Mahmoud Abbas stormed public offices in Nablus under a hail of gunfire, accusing the Palestinian president of failing to honor security promises. The drama occurred as Abbas was locked in talks with his governing Fatah Party, which is facing a deepening rift with rivals Hamas over his […]

The IDF also ruled it will require reporters and photographers to leave an area if officials decree there is a “reasonable fear of danger to human life.” Security personnel will use “reasonable force” against journalists who do not cooperate, according to the IDF spokesmen. Government officials promised as recently as last month that the media […]

In the H.G Wells novel and subsequent film, “The Invisible Man,” the main character takes a dangerous drug and slowly disappears. That is a metaphor for what is happening to Israel as it plans its latest unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, which it once “occupied” for security purposes. Israel is slowly disappearing, and the twin drugs […]

Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz, who has lived in Kfar Darom for a year and heads the local anti-disengagement efforts, told Arutz-7 that neither the residents nor the army want a violent clash. “Right now,” he said, “there is a busload of Border Guard forces outside the gates, and we don’t want to fight them. But it’s […]