August 18 Neve Dekalim

A Jewish settler cries in front of Israeli police and soldiers in the Neve Dekalim settlement in the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements, southern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2005. Thousands of Israeli troops surrounded settlers and ultranationalist supporters barricaded inside synagogues on Thursday in two key bastions of resistance to Israel's Gaza withdrawal. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic