Security Forces' Deployment for the Sabbath. IDF and Israel Police Preparation and Deployment for the Sabbath during the Disengagement. Due to the sanctity of the Sabbath, evacuation activities will cease on Friday, August 19, 2005. The IDF will maintain routine security obligations including securing the residents in the Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip, as usual. At the start of next week, IDF and Israel Police forces will resume the evacuation process.

CONSUL GENERAL OF ISRAEL MEETS  CONGRESSMAN STEVE ISRAEL. By David Prince, Director of National Radio Consulate General of Israel in New York. Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Arye Mekel, met yesterday, Wednesday, August 24^th, with Congressman Steve Israel, who represents the Second District of New York... In Internet format.

Evacuation of the residents of the community of Netzarim completed. On  August 22, 2005, the evacuation of the all the civilians present in the community of Netzarim has been completed. The community of Netzarim was home to 64 families prior to the disengagement...Read the full article in Internet format.

Poll of Likud members: Netanyahu 28% Sharon 36%. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. Telephone poll carried out by New Wave of a sample of 458 Likud members for Channel 10 as reported by Walla on 22 August 2005. Who will you vote for as head of the Likud Party? [No indication if Landau mentioned in poll] Reported 22 Aug: Netanyahu 28% Sharon 36% Reported 10 Aug: Netanyahu 42% Sharon 27% Undecided 15.6% Won't vote 10.8%. 54% thought Netanyahu's resignation was not justified. 29% Thought Netanyahu's image was hurt as a result of resigning while 17.5% thought it improved his image. 51% of those surveyed opposed advancing the Knesset elections.

MK Eldad: Media that doesn't blame PM for criminal activity of son can't blame us for individual's actions. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. MK Arieh Eldad (National Union)  told Israel Television Channel One this morning that by the same token that the Israeli media does not hold Prime Minister Ariel Sharon responsible for the criminal activity of his son, Omri, that they should not hold the leadership responsible if some individuals act improperly during the expulsions from northern Samaria communities.
 

Last Shuttles Leaving Homesh and Sa-Nur this Evening. All media personnel currently present in Homesh and Sa-Nur must leave by 21:30 pm this evening. After this time, presence of media personnel in the area will be illegal, since the area is a closed military zone. An IDF shuttle will leave from the gate of each community at 21:30 pm. This is the final shuttle and all media personnel are required to board it.

Start of Northern West Bank Evacuation. [IMRA: The Israel Radio reporter Guy Kotev on the scene of Sa-Nur reported this morning that in light of the absence of violence so far that the police may opt to bring the buses up to the homes so that instead of dragging people down the long distance into a wadi where the buses are currently positioned they can carry them a short distance from the homes to the streets in front of the homes...  In Internet format.

Evacuation of the residents of the community of Slav completed. On  August 21, 2005, the evacuation of the all the civilians present at the community of Slav has been completed in accordance with paragraph 22B of the "Implementation of the Disengagement Plan 2005" law. The community of Slav was home to 12 families prior to the disengagement. IDF and Israeli Police forces arrived at the community the commanders in field and the community leaders reached an agreement according to which the residents will evacuate themselves willingly. Following a parting prayer service held by the residents at the community's synagogue the residents evacuated themselves with assistance from the IDF and Israeli Police forces.

Politicization of SELA impaired provision of help to evacuees. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. It should be noted that SELA (Assistance for Residents of the Gaza Strip and Northern Samaria) Administration Director Yonatan Basi played a key role in impairing the provision of help to evacuees by politicizing his activity. When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon chose Basi to head SELA it was widely believed that he did so in order to put a religious Jew who supports retreat in the limelight. And Basi delivered the goods. Rather than take the role of a neutral government administrator whose job is to implement rather than justify government policy, Basi jumped at every media opportunity  to not only defend the policy but to use his kipa as a platform from which to deride religious retreat opponents as "messianics" who have lost their way. Basi's identification with SELA poisoned SELA in the eyes of the communities it is supposed to serve - a situation further exacerbated when Basi continually leaked information about those who contacted SELA out of a desire to break the will of retreat opponents.

Poll: Low grade for Sharon's address, 45.6%:36.1% Advance elections after disengagement. By Dr. Aaron Lerner. The following is IMRA's translation of results of a telephone poll of 502 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) carried out by Shvakim Panorama for Israel Radio's "Another Matter" program on 17 August 2005 [that is presented on the website of the radio station. (http://bet.iba.org.il ). On a scale of 1 to 10 what grade do you give to President Kaztav's address to the nation? [average scores] Total 6.4 Likud voters 7.0 Labor voter 6.1. On a scale of 1 to 10 what grade do you give to Prime Minister Sharon's address to the nation? [average scores] Total 4.2 Likud voters 4.4 Labor voter 4.1. Are you satisfied with the implementation of the disengagement so far? Total: Yes 43.1% No 32.7%Other 24.2%. Vote Likud: Yes 28.4% No 38.1% Other 33.5%, Vote Labor: Yes 70.9% No 10.7% Other 18.4%. Do you support or oppose advancing the elections after the completion of the evacuation? Total: For 45.6% Against 36.1% Other 18.3%. Likud voters: For 39.2% Against 40.8% Other 20.0%. Labor voters: For 64.7% Against 21.2% Other 14.1%. Should MK Binyamin Netanyahu have participated in the last rally of disengagement opponents in Rabin Square? Likud voters: Yes 31.7% No 50.4% Other 17.9%.

FACTS ABOUT ARABS LIVING IN ISRAEL. Here are a few facts you will not see published in the anti-Israel mainstream media: *1.2 million Arab-Israelis live within Israel. *Arab-Israelis make up 80-20% of the total population. *Arabic is an official language on an equal footing with Hebrew...Read the full article.  In Internet format.

Evacuation of Israeli civilians from the Gaza Strip completed. On Monday, August 22, 2005, the evacuation of all Israeli civilians from the Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip has been completed, in accordance with the "Implementation of the Disengagement Plan 2005" Law. The evacuation process that lasted 5 days, consisted of the evacuation of approximately 8000 civilians, from 21 Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip. ..Read the full article in Internet format.

Evacuation of the residents of the community of Homesh completed. On August 23, 2005, the evacuation of the civilians present in the community of Homesh, which is located in the northern West Bank, was completed in accordance with paragraph 22B of the "Implementation of the Disengagement Plan 2005" law. The community of Homesh was home to 70 families prior to the Disengagement. ..Read the full article in Internet format.

Evacuation of the residents of the community of Sa-Nur completed. On August 23, 2005, the evacuation of the civilians present in the community of Sa-Nur was completed. The community of Sa-Nur was home to 35 families prior to the disengagement...Read the full article in Internet format.

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