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| Israel-Palestine |
| Israeli cabinet approves relocation plan for Gaza settlers |
| 2005-06-27 |
| JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s cabinet approved plans on Sunday for the relocation of thousands of settlers from the Gaza Strip to form their own new municipality in a coastal area of southern Israel. The plan, which was passed by 14 votes to two, means that the Nitzanim area will become an independent local council as long as more than 5,000 settlers move there after this summer’s pullout from Gaza. The government has already begun setting up scores of mobile homes in the Nitzanim area, which lies close to sand dunes that are classified as an area of natural beauty. However less than 5,000 of the 8,000 Gaza settlers have so far agreed to move, many still reluctant to be seen negotiating with the government and thus legitimising the pullout plan. The relocation plan also fixes a cost for the land which the settlers receive. In turn, the cost will be deducted from the compensation payments they are to receive from the state for leaving Gaza. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 let them stay if they want to be pillaged. Jeesh. Give them a good offer, if they reject it, then tell them to STHU and then later, when they get what we all know is coming to them, say, we're like so totally sorry about your wife and kids. But the important thing was sticking to your principals. You can be proud. Soo..do you want us to move their graves out of gaza so they won't be disturbed? |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-27 09:44 |