Elei Sinai
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Elei Sinai (Hebrew: ) was a community settlement in the north of Gaza Strip. It was established in 1982 (Sukkoth 5743) by a group from Yamit's pulled-out. It got its name because of the yearning to come back to Sinai. About 100 families lived in the place. Avi Farhan, from Yamit's pulled out, and Arik Herfez, whose daughter had been killed by Palestinian terrorists belonged tothe most famous of Elei Sinai's residents. The settlement was pulled out in August 21st, 2005 in the framework of the Disengagement Plan. A part of Elei Sinai's residents was pulled out in "Hand to Brothers" opertion or before. Most of the residents protested that the government hadn't cared for housing results for the community abd they lighted tires in the entrance of the settlement. This part pulled out itself in the end, after a departure ceremony and went out by foot from the settlement, when Arik Herfez in the head of the convoy dragging with him the memorialization monument in the memory of Liron and Assaf, which had bben positioned in the settlement. A group of 50 families eatblished after the transfer in Yad Mordechai cross as a protest that the government hadn't found for them community solution. The rest of the settlement splited into groups which are found in:
- Qermiya - They wiill be living in the future in the settlement of Tilmi-Yafe close to Ashkelon.
- Or-HanNer - They will live in the future in Bat-Hadar neighbourhood close to Ashkelon.
- Shirat HayYam hotel.
- Singles who are not belong to any group.
- Avi Farhan and a part of his family establish a new group and hope to establish a new community in the center of the country.
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