The Morag

The Economist published a map of the Morag Route, which is intended to isolate and later to depopulate the Rafa sector.  Morag was an Israeli settlement established in 1972. It was located in the southern part of Gaza. In August 2005, Morag was evacuated along with all other Israeli settlements in Gaza as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan implemented by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. This disengagement involved the removal of approximately 8,000 Israeli settlers from all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip. The reconquest of Morag proves that the evacuation of the Gaza Strip in 2005 was a mistake and a tragedy based on the delusional evaluation of the Palestinians.

 Morag (מורג) means "threshing sledge" - a farming tool traditionally used to separate grain from chaff. The Romans called it tribulum, but it was known already in Pharaonic times.