1:25 PM - Already, Kera Phillips' TONE is full of hateful control and is making accalades as if the Israelis are not in complicance with the agreement bringing up past initiatives of by Prime Minister Sharon to 'populate' the settlements years ago. This was a cultural directive of Israel. At the time the best way for Israel to handle the issue of Palestinian violence was to continue to expand to the borders of other countries squeezing out the Palestinians and it worked to some extent. Arraf was impossible to deal with and news organizations like CNN and FOX need to keep in mind their inflammatory statements mean nothing to people who completely understand the circumstances of disengagement and why it all occurred in the first place !
PM Sharon addresses nation in live broadcast as pullout begins
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressed the nation in a televised speech Monday evening at 8 P.M. He will speak for about four minutes about the disengagement and the need to maintain national unity.On Sunday night, Sharon held his final consultations with senior military and intelligence officials before the disengagement process gets underway."The plans are known, you are all ready, and we aren't changing the timetable," Sharon said.
Most families in northern Gaza settlements agree to leave
By Jonathan Lis, Nir Hasson, Amos Harel and Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Staff and Agencies
The distribution of evacuation orders in the northern Gaza settlements was on Monday evening completed with almost all of the families in the settlement of Elei Sinai agreeing to leave their homes peacefully by midnight on Tuesday, when the forceful evacuation of settlements is slated to start.
Police expect northern Gaza settlements empty by evening
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, HILARY LEILA KRIEGER AND JPOST STAFFNEVEH DEKALIM
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz declared Monday that since the Disengagement Implementation Law went into effect at midnight Sunday, everything was going as expected.
Cabinet gives final okay to evacuation
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
The cabinet overwhelmingly approved the evacuation of the remaining 15 Gush Katif settlements during a special session on Monday.
Sixteen ministers voted in favor while four Likud ministers voted against the evacuation: Health Minister Dan Naveh, Education Minister Limor Livnat, Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz and, minister-without-portfolio Tzahi Hanegbi.
Gee. I don't see Prime Minister Sharon's name listed among those that opposed the evacuation. I strongly suggest the 'Media of Hate' change their tone to a cooperative Israel.
