Sunday, 30 January 2011

Five and a half years later, Israeli teenagers clueless about Gush Katif

January 29, 2011


It's been five and a half years since Israel expelled the Jewish residents of Gush Katif, and many Israeli teenagers are clueless about what happened.
To the best of your knowledge what is Neveh Dekalim?
Tel Aviv neighborhood 21% Herzelya hotel 9% Biblical period city 8%
Largest community in Gush Katif 17% Don't know/other 45%

Where is Gush Katif located?
South of Ashkelon 36% Judean Hills 14% Southern Golan Heights 12%
Don't know/other 38%

To the best of your knowledge, what year was the disengagement plan carried
out in Gush Katif?
2005 41% 1948 3% 1995 8% 1982 6% Don't know/other 42%

Who was prime minister at the time of the disengagement from Gush Katif?
Olmert 12% Ben Gurion 0% Rabin 4% Sharon 61% Don't know/other 23%

To the best of your knowledge, how many residents lived in Gush Katif before
the disengagement?
One community of around 150 families 2%
1,000 3% 9,000 11% Over 9,000 28% Don't know/other 56%

To what extent would you be interested in receiving additional information
via a film or school discussion about life in Gush Katif before the
disengagement?
Not interested 27% Doesn't matter to me either way 29% Interested 27% Don't
know/other 17%
Unbelievable....