JERUSALEM, Israel – The war in Gaza has been at the top of the news cycle for nearly two years. However, 20 years ago this week, Israel expelled thousands of Israelis from thriving communities in Gaza and northern Samaria in a move that was supposed to bring peace.

What happened since then is a much different outcome.

In 2005, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon uprooted 21 Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip, forcing ten thousand Israelis out of their homes.

Known as "The Disengagement," it was a land concession that was billed as the next step to peace with the Palestinians under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority.

Just two years later, the terror group Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in a violent intra-Palestinian battle for control.

In the ensuing years, Hamas and ot

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