A settler tries to convince police to allow settlers to stay in Jewish settlement of Ganei Tal in southern Gaza Strip. A settler tries to convince Israeli border police to allow settlers to stay in the Jewish settlement of Ganei Tal in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, southern Gaza Strip, August 17, 2005. Israeli troops began the forced evacuation on Wednesday of thousands of Jewish settlers gripped by rage and anguish over their eviction from the Gaza Strip after nearly four decades of occupation. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen