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Four years after the IDF's unilateral disengagement from Gaza, some 1,500 people returned Tuesday night to the West Bank settlement of Homesh. During the rally, which was authorized by the IDF, former settlers read letters drafted by cabinet members especially for the event. "I want to bless the participants and support them in the realization of the Zionist way," wrote strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon of the ruling Likud party.
At the event itself, which was organized by the Shomron Regional Council, Homesh First and the Shomron Settlers' Committee, Knesset Member Michael Ben Ari (National Union) told those on hand that "the return to Homesh and to the north Samaria communities is the message (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu must relay to (US President Barack) Obama. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3715028,00.html
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