I don't really have the time or inclination to research the situation too deeply, so I will just reflect on the synopsis provided by SBS world news in Australia. If the information I am about to discuss is wrong, even though TV NEVER LIES :-) then my opinions may change accordingly.
The Gaza pullout. (Why I am proud to be Jewish)
From what I saw on the TV, always fair and impartial, the 21 settlements that contain 8128 religious fanatics http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3907577.stm have almost all been cleared. I personally don't think religious fanatic is too strong a word for what these people are. If you want to live among 1,000,000 Muslims, most of whom hate you and your people because you believe this land is yours due to God's preordainment, you qualify as a fanatic in my book. (Note: I am not here to commentate over whether Gaza residents are `right' to hate the Settlers, or whether Israel was 'right' to be in Gaza in the first place. It is an essential, but other issue)
As of the last time I turned on the news, there had been roughly 60 injuries mostly due to Israeli soldiers being doused by acid and 4 dead when one Jewish terrorist snapped and killed a bunch of Palestinians. And this makes me proud. I remembered listening to the TV and thinking to myself that for the first time in my life being Jewish really meant something good. It meant that even though Jews were fighting over God, almost all felt that this fight wasn't worth human blood. I saw countless pictures of Jews performing desperate acts of civil disobedience, barricading themselves in Synagogues and desperately struggling to not be carried forcibly from their homes and places of worship. What I didn't see them doing was opening fire on fellow Jews with the weapons and know-how you can be sure almost every settler had.
Religious people actually surprised me. A huge number of nut-jobs who claim to be following God's Will decided that even though `they' were doing God's Work, `Thou Shalt Not Kill', did not have a big asterisk and fine print. These Jews decided that there were lines that they were unwilling to cross, even though they had God's Ear. Over my life, I have seen very little to indicate anything DOESN'T go, when a small select group feel they have managed to get a uniquely secure position at God's side from which to receive `the truth'. These Jews were a member of that loathsome cabal inhabited by religious absolutists from many religions. But they stopped short and (for the most part) remembered that nothing justifies the shedding of human life, especially God! The world would be a better place if everyone who had their fervency could stop at the fine line between belief and murderous fanaticism. I loved that they beleived in their absolutel moral correctness due to God's will AND they didn't kill to defend their 'Love' of God. Today, because of this self-imposed line of religious decency, which has become steadily less common over my life-time, I am proud to be Jewish.