The Disengagement Process from an Organizational Perspective: applying punctuated equilibrium theory, game theory and Weick's theory of organizing to the disengagement.

The disengagement of Israel from the Gaza strip during the summer of 2005 was an important political and social event. Many members of the Israeli society were directly involved in the process: politicians, soldiers, police members, settlers from the West Bank, settlers from the Gaza Strip and protestors on both sides of the political spectrum. Those who were not directly involved were fixated on the news, eager to know how this process will end. This was a highly tense period in which the greatest fear was from an inside battle (brothers’ war) between the supporters of and
opposition to the disengagement.