Friends of Gush Katif

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Welcome to the website of the Gush Katif Committee

The Gush Katif Committee (AKA Friends of Gush Katif) has three central functions:

Working with the government and the various Gush Katif communities in order to promote solutions to the varied needs at both the temporary sites and the permanent communities.
Maintaining a strong connection between the former Gush Katif residents including the youth and young adults, to ensure that the second generation grows-up with a healthy connection to Gush Katif.
Voicing the opinion of the Gush Katif people in crucial areas.

Important messages and updates

Yachad: No More Expulsions. Return to Gush Katif
Yachad visited the Katif Center in Nitzan this week (24.2.15) to show their solidarity with the people of Gush Katif.
see here

TOI: "9 Years on, Gaza Evacuees Resettle in West Bank"
TOI: "Netzer-Ariel, the only group of Gush Katif residents to relocate together over the Green Line, is finally moving into permanent housing"
read here

From Northern Ireland to Israel: Meet Gush Katif Supporter Stephen Haire
Behind the scenes with Stephen Haire! How a Christian from Northern Ireland learned about Gush Katif and why he'll be running in the Jerusalem‬ marathon to raise funds for their medical assistance. Share and support!
read here

Politicians marking GK Education Day 2015
GK Education Day 2015 was marked not only by 800 schools throughout the country but also by several high ranking politicians. Ten years later, GK remains close to the nation's heart.
see here

A Secular High School Learns about the Expulsion
GK Education Day 2015: The Tzvia Katif Yeshiva hosted the Be'er Tuvia secular high school on. Through the GK story, these youth discussed Zionism, giving to the State, settling the land and unity.
read more

Gush Katif in Numbers| February 2015
Facts and figures of the Gush Katif communities.
see here

The Top 5 Ways You Can Help Gush Katif Expellees!
As we’re thinking ahead and making our New Year resolutions, here are 5 easy ways to help the Zionist pioneering citizens formerly of Gush Katif rebuild their lives destroyed in the 2005 Disengagement Plan.
see here

In DETAILS: how many GK expellees are in new homes, and where
The Gush Katif Committee (Friends of Gush Katif) maps out the situation of Gush Katif families building permanent homes in the various new Gush Katif communities!
see here

News & Events

Report: 9 years since the expulsion
see here

Outline of Gush Katif community projects
see here

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