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Museum tells story of evacuation from Gaza

September 15, 2011 12:37

By

Nathan Jeffay,

Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

It has the style, format and even gift-shop selection of a Holocaust museum. But despite the yahrzeit candles on sale, nobody died in the event commemorated here.

At the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem, churban, a Hebrew word normally reserved for the greatest disasters of Jewish history, namely the destruction of the Jerusalem Temples and the Holocaust, refers to Gaza disengagement.

The entire museum is about Gaza's Jewish settlements - known collectively as Gush Katif - and their evacuation by the Israeli government, which was completed six years ago.

Commemoration initiatives like this are becoming more and more important to former Gaza settlers, as their story fades from the headlines. For most of the past six years, they were constantly in the news because many were awaiting re-housing and compensation.

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