The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gaza-disengagement-2005/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:04:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Gaza disengagement 2005 | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/gaza-disengagement-2005/ 32 32 Families move into rebuilt West Bank settlement of Ganim, 21 years after evacuation https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-move-into-rebuilt-west-bank-settlement-of-ganim-21-years-after-evacuation/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:56:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3878864 Some two dozen prefabricated homes installed, with construction ongoing; IDF carries out demolitions of nearby Palestinian stores and blocks roads to adjacent villages

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]]> ‘Killing the idea of a Palestinian state’: West Bank settlement of Sa-Nur reestablished https://www.timesofisrael.com/west-bank-settlement-of-sa-nur-reestablished-21-years-after-its-evacuation/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:48:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3805640 21 years later, Smotrich calls step 'historic correction to sinful expulsion from northern Samaria' under Disengagement plan; Peace Now: 'Stupid, wicked' move will add to IDF's burden

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]]> Government officials mark repopulation of Homesh settlement in West Bank https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-officials-mark-repopulation-of-homesh-settlement-in-west-bank/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:45:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3776342 More than 20 years after disengagement, Settlements Minister Orit Strock calls return of residents atonement for 'sins' of 2005, as Likud MK Yuli Edelstein vows 'Homesh will be just the beginning'

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]]> ‘We’ll settle all over’: Far-right activists cross into Gaza, are caught by IDF https://www.timesofisrael.com/well-settle-all-over-far-right-activists-cross-into-gaza-are-caught-by-idf/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:21:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3749084 Civilians handed over to police for questioning; while attending rally near the border, Likud MK declares 'Israel's rebirth will come... when Jewish communities thrive in Gaza'

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]]> Netanyahu: Politically appointed Oct 7 inquiry must probe Oslo deal, Gaza disengagement https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-government-sponsored-oct-7-inquiry-must-probe-oslo-deal-disengagement/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:27:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3717880 Ministers lend government backing to a commission of inquiry whose members could be chosen by the coalition, not the Supreme Court president, as under existing law

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]]> Group of ministers seeks OK for Hanukkah flag-raising ceremony at former Gaza settlement https://www.timesofisrael.com/group-of-ministers-seeks-ok-for-hanukkah-flag-raising-ceremony-at-former-gaza-settlement/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:28:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3710113 Signatories, including from ruling Likud party, endorse pro-settlement movement's call for defense minister to approve event in order 'to proudly affirm that Gaza is part of Israel'

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]]> Right-wing activists set up sukkahs on border, seek to spend festival at Gaza settlement ruins https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-set-up-sukkahs-on-border-demand-to-spend-holiday-at-gaza-settlement-ruins/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:45:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3655344 Far-right MK backs Nachala group's camp 1 km from Gaza border, slams 'dangerous Trump plan' and calls for 'immediate Jewish settlement' of enclave

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]]> Friday Focus with Yossi Klein Halevi: Worse than Disengagement is a one-state ‘dissolution’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/friday-focus-with-yossi-klein-halevi-worse-than-disengagement-is-a-one-state-dissolution/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:12:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3627740&preview=true&preview_id=3627740 Hartman Institute senior fellow explains how 20 years ago, after failed promises of security from the right and of peace from the left, Israelis were eager to try the center's unilateralism

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]]> Friday Focus with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Disengagement through the eyes of a Gazan https://www.timesofisrael.com/friday-focus-with-ahmed-fouad-alkhatib-disengagement-through-the-eyes-of-a-gazan/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:47:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3625351&preview=true&preview_id=3625351 Staunch anti-Hamas critic laments missed opportunity for a thriving independent Palestinian land that was usurped by the nihilistic mission of the terrorist entity that rules it

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]]> Twenty years on from Gaza withdrawal, Israel is again mired in the Strip https://www.timesofisrael.com/twenty-years-on-from-gaza-withdrawal-israel-is-again-mired-in-the-strip/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:05:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3620980 For Israelis evacuated in the 2005 disengagement, the war is viewed as an opportunity to undo past mistakes and return; Palestinians fear a long-term reumption of Israeli control

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]]> Friday Focus with Anita Tucker: A former Gush Katif resident yearns to go home https://www.timesofisrael.com/friday-focus-with-anita-tucker-a-former-gush-katif-resident-yearns-to-go-home/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:02:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3620412&preview=true&preview_id=3620412 20 years ago, the Brooklyn native was forcibly pulled out of her home in Nezer Hazani, a settlement she cofounded with the blessing of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. She tells her tale

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]]> Smotrich thinks plan to take over Gaza City doesn’t go far enough, spokesperson says https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-thinks-plan-to-take-over-gaza-city-doesnt-go-far-enough-spokesperson-says/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:52:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3616079 Finance minister believes operation is a ploy to revive talks, leading him to vote against it; says he's working to 'erase Palestinian state' by 'correcting' Disengagement

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]]> Friday Focus with Micah Goodman: 20 years to Disengagement as Israel is set to occupy Gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/friday-focus-with-micah-goodman-20-years-to-disengagement-as-israel-is-set-to-occupy-gaza/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:50:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3615862&preview=true&preview_id=3615862 The author and public intellectual takes us back in time to unravel what led the 'father of settlements' Ariel Sharon to pull out from Gush Katif and how this shapes Israel today

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]]> Smotrich photographed next to ‘Death to Arabs’ graffiti, disavows message https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-photographed-next-to-death-to-arabs-graffiti-disavows-message/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:37:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3615323 Finance minister vows to undo 2005 Disengagement during tour of former settlement of Sa-Nur, marking 20 years since northern West Bank community was evacuated under the plan

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]]> ‘Ours forever’: Hundreds march from Sderot to Gaza border to demand resettlement https://www.timesofisrael.com/ours-forever-hundreds-march-from-sderot-to-gaza-border-to-demand-resettlement/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:40:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3610477 March by Nachala movement comes as idea of reestablishing Gaza settlements finds support in government and increasingly in the public, and officials threaten to annex parts of Strip

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