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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/international/middleeast/12gaza.html
Palestinians Planning Gaza Celebration
(New York Times) Greg Myre - The PA is planning rallies as if it were the homestretch of an election campaign. Small sewing factories are cranking out thousands of Palestinian flags and street banners, T-shirts, and backpacks that proclaim, "Today Gaza, tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem." But Jamal Hamad, 73, is adamant that nothing will be gained with the Israeli withdrawal. "What does it matter if the Jews move a short distance away?" he asked. "The Jews will still be here, here, and here," he said, pointing in rapid succession to Gaza's eastern border; toward the Mediterranean, where the navy patrols; and to the sky, where Israeli aircraft maintain constant surveillance. "The only thing that will make me happy...is to go back to my home in Jaffa," he said.