Historical Dictionary of Israel

EXPULSION PLAN

The name used by the opposition to refer to the disengagement plan (see UNILATERAL DISENGAGEMENT [HIT-NATKUT, TOKHNIT HAHITNATKUT]), the plan to evacuate allsettlementsfrom theGaza Stripand four settlements in the northernWest Bank, put into effect in August 2005 by the government ofPrime Minister Ariel Sharon.