Neve Dekalim

Newe Dekalim (Hebrew נוה דקלים dt: Palm Oasis) was a Jewish settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the southern Gaza Strip.

It was founded in 1983, after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula. Newe Dekalim borders the Palestinian town of Khan Yunis. The population of the settlement consisted of about 500 families of Orthodox Jews until August 2005; the number of inhabitants stood at just under 2700. Newe Dekalim was the largest Jewish settlement in Gaza. It served as the seat of the municipal administration and as a regional center for the predominantly agricultural aligned neighboring settlements in the Gush Katif block.

As part of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the settlement was vacated; the last family left Newe Dekalim on 17 August 2005. Houses of Newe Dekalim were destroyed, infrastructure, however, should remain for the Palestinians.