#israeli-far-right

#israeli-far-right

driven by a sense of curiosity, Yossi Mekelberg, now a senior consulting fellow with Chatham House, talked his way into a restricted Gaza to see firsthand the impact of Israel's decision to disengage from the enclave. I joined a bus carrying settlers to one of the cemeteries in Gaza on the day of Tisha B'av, he told Al Jazeera, referring to a day of mourning and fasting when Jews commemorate the destruction of their First and Second Temples and other historical tragedies.