(Ha'aretz) Yuval Yoaz - Synagogues in Tel Katifa and Slav in Gush Katif whose construction allows for their dismantlement and reassembly will be moved into Israeli territory, the High Court of Justice determined Tuesday. The High Court also ordered examining the possibility of fully or partially moving the Bedolah synagogue and the Yemenite synagogue from Neveh Dekalim into Israel, as well as moving the dome of the Netzarim synagogue. The state and Gush Katif rabbis agreed to evacuate not just the contents of synagogues (holy books, religious ritual items, furniture, memorial plaques), but also unique and symbolic items including doors, decorative design, memorials, stained glass, and paintings. Efforts will be made to make use of at least some of the building stones from the Gaza synagogues in new synagogues to be built in Israel.
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