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  Gaza by Numbers

  What Israel Gave Up in Hopes of Peace - Gaza Withdrawal Aug. 2005

  100%

  proportion of the Gaza Strip evacuated and handed over to the

  Palestinians. [24]

  300

  square miles of the West Bank evacuated. [25]

  21

  Israeli settlements uprooted in the Gaza Strip. [26]

  4

  Israeli settlements uprooted in the West Bank. [27]

  48

  graves uprooted in Gaza’s former Gush Katif Cemetery, including six graves of area residents murdered by terrorists. [28]

  9,000

  approximate number of Israelis, including 1,700 families, who lived in Gaza and the northern West Bank. All of them were moved out as part of the withdrawal. [29]

  38

  synagogues dismantled in the Gaza Strip. [30]

  5,000

  school-age children who had to find new schools. [31]

  42

  daycare centers that were closed in the Gaza Strip. [32]

  36

  kindergartens that were closed in the Gaza Strip. [33]

  7

  elementary schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip. [34]

  3

  high schools that were closed in the Gaza Strip. [35]

  320

  mobile homes, ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to serve as temporary housing for settlers. [36]

  45,000

  Israeli soldiers and policemen who participated in the Gaza withdrawal. [37]

  $1.7 billion

  the approximate cost to the Israeli government for the withdrawal initiative. [38]

  166

  Israeli farmers who were moved out of Gaza. [39]

  800

  cows, which comprised the second largest dairy farm in Israel, moved out of Gaza’s Gush Katif community. [40]

  $120 million

  value of flowers and produce exported annually from Gush Katif and lost following the evacuation. [41]

  1

  zoo, the “Katifari,” that housed hundreds of animals and was moved. [42]

  10,000

  people who were employed in agriculture and related industries in Gush Katif, including 5,000 Palestinians. [43]

  60%

  proportion of Israel's cherry tomato exports that came from the Gaza Strip. Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza extinguished this economic resource. [44]

  3.5 million

  square meters (almost 1,000 acres) of greenhouses abandoned in Gaza. [45]

  70

  percentage of Israel's organic produce grown in Gaza – another economic resource lost in the evacuation. [46]

  60

  percentage of herbs exported from Israel that came from Gush Katif. [47]

  15

  percentage of Israel agricultural exports that originated in Gaza – exports lost following Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. [48]

  $360,000

  expected average compensation amount Israel expected to pay to relocate each family. [49]

  $870 million

  approximate cost for Israel to facilitate the resettlement of former West Bank and Gaza residents elsewhere in the country. [50]

  $500 million

  amount of money Israel's security establishment spent to relocate Israel Defense Forces bases outside the Gaza Strip and build new border crossing facilities. [51]

  [24] Israeli Cabinet Resolution Regarding the Disengagement Plan, June 6, 2004, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Israels+Disengagement+Plan-+Renewing+the+Peace+Process+Apr+2005.htm

  [25] “Israel’s Disengagement Plan,” American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Feb. 9, 2005, http://aipac.org/result.cfm?id=1749

  [26] Israeli Cabinet Resolution Regarding the Disengagement Plan, June 6, 2004, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Israels+Disengagement+Plan-+Renewing+the+Peace+Process+Apr+2005.htm

  [27] Ibid.

  [28] Interview with Dror Vanunu, Head of Public Relations for Gush Katif, July 7, 2005; Interview with Dror Vanunu, Head of Public Relations for Gush Katif, June 15, 2005

  [29] Interview with Dror Vanunu, Head of Public Relations for Gush Katif, July 7, 2005

  [30] “Engaging Disengagement,” The Jewish Agency for Israel, Department for Jewish Zionist Education, June 20, 2005, http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/#did

  [31] Plushnick-Masti, Ramit, “Israel to use 45,000 troops in Gaza, West Bank pullout,” Detroit Free Press, July 6, 2005

  [32] “Engaging Disengagement,” The Jewish Agency for Israel, Department for Jewish Zionist Education, June 20, 2005, http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/#did

  [33] Ibid.

  [34] Ibid.

  [35] Plushnick-Masti, Ramit, “Israel to use 45,000 troops in Gaza, West Bank pullout,” Detroit Free Press, July 6, 2005

  [36] Ibid.

  [37] Klein, Zeev, “Haber: HCJ ruling will raise disengagement cost to NIS 500m,” Globes: Israel’s Business Arena, June 5, 2005

  [38] Arrow, Minda Lee, “Gaza settler relocation: new progress, ongoing complications,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 15, 2005, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2326

  [39] Lazaroff, Tovah, “Gush Katif dairy farmer has sleepless nights over cow remo(o)val” The Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2005

  [40] Stahl, Julie, “Gaza farmers say government has no plan for them,” Cybercast News Service, April 11, 2005

  [41] Ettinger, Yair, “Even the animals won’t leave Gaza early,” Haaretz newspaper, June 21, 2005, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=590195

  [42] “Israel,” Freedom House, July 6, 2005

  [43] Ibid.

  [44] Ibid.

  [45] Ibid.

  [46] Ibid.

  [47] Ibid.

  [48] Ibid.

  [49] “Rabbi rules Gaza graves must be moved; ZAKA refuses to lend a helping hand,” Israeli Insider, May 4, 2005, http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/5469.htm

  [50] Ibid.

  [51] Ibid.

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