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In some way that (the Gaza evictions) may be inspiring people to go, the only way to hold on the land is to be there.

I hope they will succeed in allowing goods to come into Gaza as of tomorrow to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

tactical change whereby they (militants) refrain from activity in Gaza and intensify activity in the West Bank.

The nightmare is over, the occupation has gone and Gaza is now without settlers ... Today we begin the work of rebuilding.

The military rule that began with the Six-Day War ends today. I hope that the departure of our forces from the Gaza Strip symbolizes the beginning of a period of tranquillity.

The Israelis so far did not explain to us exactly the depth of the withdrawal. Whether it is total - comprehensive - or not. Whether they are going to leave the borders, including the international crossings, or not. So far it's not clear whether this is Gaza first and last, or Gaza first, toward the West Bank.

The fear was that extremists would use porous borders to pour into Gaza to bring in explosives, weaponry cash, and that would energize the most extremist elements in the Gaza Strip instead of helping the moderates. I think this agreement that we have reached today has the right balance. It provides the maximum possible movement for Palestinians to move in and out of Gaza, as they desire and for goods to come in and out of Gaza, and at the same time for that to be balanced with the very real security concerns that everyone has.

It will be used by Palestinian investors abroad and any Palestinian who wishes to move to the Gaza Strip. The departure of Israel from the border crossing would allow mayors and directors of charitable organizations to travel abroad freely.

In accordance with the implementation of the disengagement plan 2005 law and following the decision of the Israeli government, you are required to leave your home and the Gaza Strip today, Monday 15/08/05.

If there is to be peace in the Middle East, it will require leadership, vision and the willingness of leaders on both sides to make sacrifices for the greater good. In this context, the secretary-general commends the courageous decision of Prime Minister Sharon to carry through with the painful process of disengagement from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank.

I don't think in the long run it is in our favor to keep the Gaza Strip tightly closed with people starving inside, ... Our policy to allow them to work in Israel after a screening, to earn money -- I think it is a correct policy. But the procedures have to be reviewed.

Gaza cannot be held on to forever... It is out of strength and not weakness that we are taking this step.

Gaza First, not Gaza Last. If the pull out is successful, and people see it's quieter, it could embolden moderates on both sides.

Gaza has 1.2 million Palestinians living in crowded places and the resistance will be strong.

Gaza will be turned over the Palestinians in full and with the completion of that process ... Israel's presence in Gaza will be part of history.

The settlements in the West Bank have a stronger ideological value for settlers, and even non-settlers, for that matter, than those in the Gaza Strip. The election was clearly a setback for the settlers. But I don't think they are going to lie down and play dead. They still have some considerable ability to resist.

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

The movement declares an end to its operations from the Gaza Strip against the Israeli occupation, which came . . . in response to the assaults by the enemy,

The Cabinet decision today grants the army the freedom to act as it sees fit from the operational point of view in the Gaza Strip, the freedom to operate without any restriction. The goal we should all share at the moment is that on Sept. 1, every child will find his place in school.

The handling of the problem of the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip is a very delicate and complicated one,

This is a historic move because it could lead other Muslim, Arab countries to understand that this is the right time to do this and to move their ties with us from darkness to light, ... After the Gaza pullout, the time is ripe also in the eyes of the public and it is also easier at the moment to do this than it was in the past.

Where were the calls for a no-fly zone when Israel attacked Gaza

The truce brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas depends, above all, on the borders between Egypt, Gaza and Israel.

For a long time Israelis have long stopped going to Gaza even if they have continued to carry out their military obligations. They are not even able to pinpoint these famous settlements on a map.

Ever since accepting the Road Map and the idea of a two-state solution in 2003, Sharon has realized that all settlements in Gaza would have to be dismantled under any final-status agreement. What Sharon has been emphasizing to his opponents is that by evacuating them now, he gets badly-needed brownie points with the international community, which loves the fact that we're withdrawing from Gaza.

We understand perfectly well that without an inflow of people and goods within Gaza or outside Gaza, Gaza will not be able to exist,

We will be happy to see them getting out from Gaza and northern West Bank and will prepare ourselves for their withdrawal from Jerusalem,

We cannot hold onto Gaza forever, more than a million Palestinians live there...crowded in refugee camps, poverty and hotbeds of hatred with no hope on the horizon,

I don't think the CIA should be involved in counting the number of policemen in the Gaza Strip to check up on the Palestinians,

I don't think we can classify it legally as an international border now because Gaza is not free of occupation.

For the first time, not only in 38 years, but ever, Gaza is given the opportunity to act like a state, with its own regime.

The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity.

Hamas thinks they can kill the will of people by intimidation. Most of those who are killed in the Gaza Strip for the suspicion of collaborating with Israel, have nothing to do with Israel.

I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine.

The latest news of the missile strike in Gaza pulled the legs out from under buyers. They stopped buying today and the market just pulled back.

All the Jewish residents of the Gaza Strip have been evacuated.

The disengagement has set out its way, ... The government decided today that, by the end of 2005, Israel intends to leave the Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in Samaria.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going to Israel. He's going to be pretty disappointed when he finds out the Gaza Strip isn't a steak.

The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration from both [Gaza] Strip and Judea and Samaria. Anyone who has practical ideas or proposal to encourage emigration-let him speak up. No idea or proposal is to be dismissed out of hand.

Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom. Let them do what they are best at. While we scrawl interoffice memos and direct national or extranational affairs, men could spend all their time inventing wheels, peering at stars, composing poems, carving statues, exploring continents -- discovering, reforming, or crying out in a sacramental wilderness. Efficiency would probably increase, and no one would have to worry so much about the Gaza Strip or an election.

We said we are ready to establish our independent state in any part from which the Israelis withdraw or which is liberated. Any part. The moment they withdraw from Gaza, I will establish my state there in Gaza.

Perhaps the most dehumanizing thing in Gaza is people there don't have the time to properly mourn the dead before strikes kill even more

Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.

Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.

Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.