Kadim, a northern Samaria community evacuated during the 2005 disengagement, is seeing a massive resurgence as hundreds of families across Israel push to resettle the once-abandoned land.
Ariel Sharon—Israel's most hardline general turned prime minister—made the gut-wrenching decision to uproot thousands of Jewish families from Gaza in a desperate bid for peace.
As Western nations attempt to pressure Israel into conceding territory to the Palestinians, they are ignoring a simple fact: the experiment was attempted before--in Gaza.
While Israelis desire peace, they don't perceived it as achievable, nor do they view unilateral disengagement as a viable option, according to a recent poll.
US Ambassador David Friedman visits Sderot, a front-line community bordering Gaza which has suffered from thousands of rocket attacks since Israel ceded control of Gaza to Palestinian leaders.