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        8/5/2008, Av 4, 5768

      Expellees Plan Public Pledge to Return to Gush Katif


      Representatives of most of the 25 destroyed Jewish communities of Gush Katif and northern Samaria plan to gather in Jerusalem for a special ceremony Tuesday evening to rededicate themselves to returning to their former homes. Some 8,000 Jews were forced out of their communities in August 2005 as part of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Disengagement from Gaza.

      The event, which is organized by Homesh First, will include speeches by Rabbi Dov Lior and National Union Knesset Member Uri Ariel.