A Gaza Strip settler asked British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help him resist evacuation. Avi Farhan, a resident of Elei Sinai who has suggested he might stay on under Palestinian Authority rule after Israel withdraws from Gaza, told the Jerusalem Post on Monday that he had written to Blair for help.
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