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Pulled Out, Tearfully, One By One
(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Katz and Tovah Lazaroff - Even the border police cried as they emptied out the Gaza Strip's largest synagogue in Neve Dekalim Thursday. Amidst prayer and song, border police pulled out - one by one - hundreds of teens who had rallied in its two sanctuaries in a desperate attempt to avert the pullout. "The State of Israel sent us," a red-eyed Southern District police Cmdr. Uri Bar-Lev told settler leaders. The teens had come from all over the country, having snuck through the Kissufim crossing in the last month. They camped out in empty schools, residents' homes, tents, and at times on the grass, waiting for this moment. Many shook and cried as they sat on the floor or on pews. Patting her arm, one policewoman told a girl, "You've done all you can. Now it's time to go."