2024-01-22 12:22:49
Rabbi Kobi Bornstein, the director of content at the Gush Katif Heritage Center in Nitzan, was more than 18 years ago one of the leaders of the fight against the deportation from Gush Katif, as a resident of Neve Dekalim in the Gush. The ground maneuver in Gaza, which IDF soldiers carried out in the last day, led them for the first time since returning to the areas of the settlement where he lived. In the picture taken by the soldiers, Bornstein saw for the first time since the deportation the plot of land where his house was located.
The plot of land where Rabbi Bornstein’s house was in Neve Dekalim today, photo: .
“No matter what you think about the day after, for us it’s extraordinary excitement”
“The heart is beating. We knew that the Palestinians did not build in most of the areas of Gush Katif, but these photos, which came from Israeli soldiers walking again in the settlement, showed us for the first time since the disengagement the exact plot where we lived, when it still stands desolate,” said Bornstein, adding: “No matter what Thinking about the day after, for us it’s extraordinary excitement.”
“Who would have believed that a few days before Gush Katif Day in the educational systems we would not only be talking about the past of Gush Katif”
He also added that: “It is impossible to ignore that the circumstances that led us here are tragic and terrible and I wish they had not happened, but with all the sorrow and pain and the expectation of better and quieter days, it is impossible not to feel a tremor in the heart. Who would have believed that just a few days before Yom Gush Katif in the education systems We will not only talk about the past of Gush Katif.”
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