In general, the Disengagement plan is a proposal by Ariel Sharon, Israel's Prime Minister, to evacuate 21 Israeli settlements from the Gaza strip and 4 settlements from the Shomron, without any negotiation with the Palestinians. This plan is highly controversial.

On the one hand, some say that the plan will improve Israel's security, in the absence of political negotiations to end the conflict. Supporters also claim that nine thousand Jews cannot live among over a million Palestinians, and that it is totally inappropriate that the state will provide its subjects with dangerous living conditions, even if they wish for it. Moreover, it is unlikely that Israel will jeopardize the lives of soldiers because of the national-religious belief of those settlers. Another significant aspect is that via withdrawal, Israel will save huge sums of money, which until now, have been invested in maintaining IDF soldiers in the Gaza strip in order...