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Report: Israel failed Gaza settlement evacuees

June 16, 2010 14:59
The report blamed former Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Ariel Sharon

By

James Lewis

1 min read

A new report into the fate of the settlers evacuated from Gaza has accused successive Israeli governments of “absolute and complete failure” in dealing with them.

The state commission inquiry showed that 70 per cent of the settlers, who were forced to leave their Gush Katif homes during the Gaza withdrawal in 2005, have still not been found permanent homes. A large majority of those 9,000 who were removed from Gaza have still not been properly compensated and are currently living in temporary dwellings.

The Chairman of the Inquiry into the Handling by the Authorised Authorities of the Evacuees from Gush Katif and Northern Samaria, Eliyahu Mazza, said that it was “an absolute and complete failure” of the settlers.

Hagit Yaron, a former Gush Katif community organiser, said: “I feel worn-out from saying ‘we told you so’, which is what we’ve been saying for five years.”