A forced exodus

Thursday, August 18, 2005

NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip -- Jewish settlers sobbed and screamed, some of them ripping their shirts in mourning, as Israeli troops dragged them from homes and synagogues Wednesday -- the beginning of the end of Israel's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip.

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