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Haaretz: `X' marks the spot in north Gaza ghost towns


Last June, when Yonatan realized that the disengagement was unstoppable, he halted working on an extension to the house. The olive tree that was planted five years ago in the yard was dug up on Friday, its roots cleaned off and watered thoroughly. Yonatan has not decided where to replant it.

"That was the hardest thing of all for me," Meir said. "This isn't an ordinary olive tree. It has enormous significance. It's a tree of life, of blessing. These trees are important to us too, not only to the Arabs." It is doubtful that he will allow himself to plant the tree in the backyard of his trailer in Nitzan. "There's no room to even move there. If my neighbor sneezes I can tell him `Gesundheit' from my living room," he said.
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This was probably the last Shabbat that Farhan will spend in Elei Sinai. Farhan, one of the pioneers of settlement in Yamit in Sinai, has finally understood that the game is up.

"I reached an understanding with the Southern Command that we will be the last family to to be reached in the northern Gaza Strip. Soldiers won't evacuate the house; my good friends from the Paratroops will come and pack; we just can't do it."


Петитом: в конце концов, люди оказываются пешками в политической игре, и эта игра по большому счету не всегда им во зло. Но сейчас ломают жизнь, которую много лет строили. То, что люди теряют, не сводится к деньгам. Но в деньгах они тоже теряют. Этого-то как раз можно было избежать.