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Our next stop was at Katif, the home of David Hatuel, whose pregnant wife and four daughters were brutally murdered on the road by Arab terrorists on May 2, 2004. We drove around the lovely community of 61 families, noting the playground equipment which is omnipresent in every neighborhood, and saw the land that had already been cleared for a new cluster of 40 homes in memory of Tali and her children. This is the Israeli answer to terrorism, not the expulsion that Prime Minister Sharon has planned. There was no doubt in the minds of those on the trip that the people, the Torah, and the land will win out. They are indestructible, whereas Sharon is only a politician who can be replaced. He cannot succeed in the face of G-d's plan for the chosen people: "I will bless those who bless you [the Jews] and curse those who curse you. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Genesis 12:3)
Anita Tucker was our next guide through Netzer Hazani. She is a good friend whom we visit each time we're in Gush Katif. Anita boarded our bus carrying a huge basket of home-grown cherry tomatoes, which were quickly devoured by the group. We all commented on how very delicious they were, benefiting from growing in the special sand soil of Gush Katif. Anita took us into her pepper hothouse (shown here) where we were treated to the beautiful sight of organic peppers of different colors growing on their stalks. Eating peppers off the stalk was a special treat. These peppers and other organic produce grown in Netzer Hazani are shipped throughout the world.
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