The Israel Project marks today as the first anniversary of Isarel's disengagement from Gaza, as in the forced evacuation of Jewish settlers. It does not report much good coming from it. The disengagement plan required Israelis to give up their homes, places of work and worship, their schools and the farms where they grew everything from celery to bell peppers. After making these painful sacrifices for peace, Israelis for the past year have faced serious threats from Palestinian terror groups in Gaza that have fired rockets into Israel almost immediately after the withdrawal was completed. After the withdrawal: 1,360 of the evictees — 51 percent of adults — are still unemployed 1,400 families continue to live in temporary housing 100 families live in hotels It will take at least 1 more year to build permanent housing for those uprooted from their homes 38 of the 220 farmers living in Gaza were able to resume limited agricultural work but lost their markets 140 of...(Read Full Post)