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إخلاء المستوطنات من قطاع غزة
Date qualified17 August – 21 September 2005
Gaza Strip
Between 17 and 22 August 2005 Israel evacuated the Gaza Strip’s settlers, some 8,000 people, and completed its military withdrawal by 21 September, while keeping tight control of the Strip from land, sea and air.
Linked context in the legacy record
Israeli forces carried out the forcible evacuation of Gaza’s settlers, some 8,000 people, between 17 and 22 August 2005, and completed the military withdrawal by 21 September. Four small settlements in the northern West Bank were evacuated too: Ganim, Qadim, Homesh and Sanur.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Implementation and Consequences
Editorial paraphrase · enSettlers evacuated between 17 and 22 August 2005; military withdrawal completed by 21 September; four northern West Bank settlements evacuated.
Link to this citationIsrael kept tight external control of the Strip from land, sea and air, and declared Gaza “foreign territory”. The encyclopedia reads Ariel Sharon’s aims as removing the burden of protecting settlers among a large Palestinian population, separating Gaza from the West Bank, and keeping the West Bank’s main settlement blocs.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Sharon’s Strategic Reversal
Editorial paraphrase · enTight external control from land, sea and air; Gaza declared foreign territory; Sharon’s aims as the article reads them.
Link to this citationSources & evidence
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Overview by Michael Fischbach, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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17 August – 21 September 2005 · duration
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