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VIDEO: GAZA PULLOUT. Israel expels Gaza Strip settlers.  Palestinians watch as pull-out begins . Settler eviction take its toll on army . Settler attacks Sharon over Gaza pullout. 'Nearly all' Gaza settlements cleared. Israelis final farewell to their homes.  "Demolition of Jewish communities. Army pushes into Gaza settlements. "   Israelis settlers move into new homes.

 

 

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ISRAEL DRAMA

Police remove settler from Shirat Hayam, 19 August 2005ISRAELIS AND JEWISH SETTLERS DEFIANCE

 

 

 

A Jewish settler holding the remains of a Palestinian rocket screams as he tries to evade police in GadidJewish settler

The evacuation of settlements in Gaza continued on Friday, as troops sought to evict residents from Gadid. While some staged noisy protests, others left more quietly, resigned to the inevitable.

Jewish settlerJewish settlers

Security forces, a few rabbis and a small number of resisters were the only inhabitants of Neve Dekalim on Friday. Others in the settlement also took to the rooftops to mark their opposition to Israel's exit from Gaza.

Debris is set on fire by Jewish settlers at the entrance to the Katif settlement to prevent the army from enteringA worker dismantles the interior of the synagogue in Ganei Tal

Israeli troops have been carrying out the final phase of the removal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. Left with no choice, settlers began dismantling the interior of synagogues.

A man sets a barricade on fire at KatifAn Israeli settler pleads with an Israeli policeman in Atzmona

The army was met by angry residents and burning barricades at several settlements. Some families stood outside their homes to try to reason with soldiers, only delaying the inevitable...

A settler cries and shouts at police officers in AtzmonaA settler boy in Katif

Others likened their plight to the Holocaust, wearing yellow stars like the ones Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis .Many settlers, including children, wore orange clothes - the colour of the protest against the evictions.

Symbolic tombstones with the names of Jewish enemies (from L to R): Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Haman (chief minister of Persian King Ahasuerus) and Roman General TitusAn Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in Dugit

One family displayed symbolic tombstones, representing names notorious in Jewish history.  Bulldozers later began the first large-scale demolitions since the Israeli pullout started six days ago.