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Israel proposes leaving Gaza settlement as hospital
Israel is suggesting leaving a Gaza settlement intact after its planned pullout next year for Palestinian residents of Gaza to use as a hospital, as well as selling an industrial zone at a crossing point to international bodies, Israeli officials said. Israel and the World Bank concluded a round of discussions about the planned pullout on Sunday, the officials said. Israel said it planned to destroy the houses in all the settlements except one. The bulldozed homes would be replaced by high-rise apartment buildings for Palestinians now living in refugee camps, while the buildings in the remaining settlement, which was not named, would be used as a hospital.
| This would require the Paleos to do something constructive, so it ain't gonna happen. |
According to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan, Israel is to evacuate all 21 settlements and the Israeli military from Gaza by in 2005. Sharon refuses to coordinate the pullout with the Palestinians and is hoping that international bodies like the World Bank would help in the transition. The World Bank representatives did not express their opinions about the Israeli ideas. In the past, world financial institutions have been hesitant to commit to buying Israeli assets in Gaza as part of the pullout plan.
| They don't want to pay more than the scrap value, since that's what the Paleos are best at generating. |
Also, over the years Palestinians have frequently turned down Israeli plans to re-house refugees in permanent quarters, maintaining the camps for more than five decades to emphasize their temporary status as the residents, and now their descendants, wait to return to their original homes in Israel.
| All their grandfathers owned a big mansion in Haifa, and had a farm in the valley with olives and persimmon trees. Just ask them, they'll tell you. |
Posted by: Steve White 2004-08-30 |
