Some settlers don't want to leave because they believe Gaza is part of the traditional Jewish homeland.

CNN: Largest Gaza settlement evacuated, Israel says

Psychologists here say many of the former settlers won't be able to heal that trauma until they can begin to rebuild their lives.

NPR: Many Settlers Remain Unanchored After Gaza Evacuation

But it wasn't an Israeli "peacenik" like Shimon Peres who withdrew Jewish settlers from occupied land.

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