Israel's Surrender of the Gaza Strip Did Not Create Peace

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In 2005, the Israeli government decided to give up the Gaza Strip, including Gush Katif, in an effort to bring peace to the middle east. They did not take into consideration much of the consequences of their actions. The attempt to create peace by giving Gush Katif to the Palestinians not only did not have that effect, but the exact opposite effect, creating more violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians, as well as a lack of trust between the government and some of the Israeli people.
Gush Katif is a village in the Middle East that is a part of the Gaza Strip. In 2005, it was given to the Palestinians by the Israeli government. Gush Katif was home to 1,800 religious Jewish families, 8,500 people, from both traditional and secular ways of life, diverse ethic groups, and were immigrants as well as born Israelis. Yitzhak Segev, the active governor of Gaza in 1979, said about Gush Katif, “The residents were like one family and that is what kept them strong in the difficult times.”
The village and its people were famous for their work in agriculture. There were about 350 family agricultural enterprises in Gush Katif, whose produce represented about ten percent of all produce grown in Israel, sixty five percent of Israel’s organic produce, ninety percent of Israel’s bug-free leafy vegetables, forty-five percent of tomato exports, ninety-five percent of Israel’s cherry tomato exports, and sixty percent of Israel’s herbs. Sixty percent of Israel’s geranium came from Ganei Tal in Gush Katif. Gush Katif’s hot houses alone, cover an estimated 900-1,000 acres and are estimated to be worth over $80 million.
In 1917, the British captured. In 1948, the the Egyptian Military took over. Israel had nothing to do with Gaza. In 1956,...

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...the government will once again make the mistake that they made with Gush Katif and evacuate more families from their homes, some of whom moved there after the expulsion from Gush Katif. The government claims that they agree that giving up the West Bank will not create peace, but they are in a position where they don't have a choice because they have to cooperate with the United States, the providers of financial support to the Israeli Defense Forces.
Although the government did not feel they had a choice in giving away Gush Katif, they still suffered, and continue to suffer severe consequences. This decision brought multiple attacks to the Israelis and caused tension between the Knesset and the people. Clearly, the idea to bring peace to the Middle East by giving over Gush Katif, was a futile effort, and had the opposite effect of the goal it was meant to achieve.

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