Morag (Israeli settlement)
Morag
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|---|---|
 Hothouses in Morag. | |
| Etymology: Flail | |
| Country | Israel |
| Affiliation | HaPoel HaMizrahi |
| Founded | 1983 |
Morag (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Flail) was a moshav and an Israeli settlement in Gush Katif, in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip, evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005.
The southernmost settlement in Gush Katif, it was first established on May 29, 1972, as a non-religious pioneer Nahal military outpost, and demilitarized when turned over to residential purposes in 1982.[1] It later became a religious agricultural worker cooperative, whose residents earned their living growing flowers and vegetables in hothouses. At the time of the evacuation, there were about forty families including about 200 people.
Sixteen families of Morag were evicted on August 17, 2005, by the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Police. Others had left earlier following the government orders.[1][2]
On the ruins of the destroyed village, an Arab locality is being built in its place called Sheikh Khalifa City.[3]
References
- ^ a b Andrea Stone (15 August 2009). "Evictions and emotions on tense day in Gaza". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Mike Tobin; Jennifer Griffin (17 August 2005). "Israeli Troops Forcibly Remove Gaza Settlers". Fox News. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ "Palestinians launch new housing project where Gush Katif's Morag once stood". Haaretz. Associated Press. 2005-10-09. Retrieved 2014-01-14.