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Ariel Sharon Is Finished in Politics
virtuoso:
Although this is what Don was referring to
Gaza Strip settlers may go to West Bank
Conal Urquhart in Jerusalem
Wednesday November 17, 2004
The Guardian
Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank will be able to use the compensation they receive from Israel to build homes in other West Bank settlements, the director of the agency responsible for evacuating settlers said yesterday.
Yonathan Bassi said the settlers would be able to spend their compensation wherever they wanted.
"They are free people - they can go where they want. They can go to Canada, Jerusalem or any of the settlements in the West Bank," he said.
Settlers who went to the West Bank would receive as much money as those who chose Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Those who moved to the Negev or the Galilee, where there are big Arab populations, would receive a $30,000 (£16,000) bonus.
The news angered Palestinians, with the possibility of up to 9,000 settlers moving directly from Gaza to the West Bank.
Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, said the transfer of settlers from Gaza and the northern West Bank to other settlements would "create more obstacles to peace". He said: "One of the main things that we have stressed about making the disengagement plan work is that they must be transferred to Israel. Moving them to the West Bank will kill the whole project and destroy the idea of evolving the peace process."
Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, has said the Gaza disengagement did not replace the road map peace plan sponsored by George Bush and Tony Blair but was a unilateral action to improve security.
The plan called for a freeze on settlement activity, although the US and Israel agreed some building to cater for natural growth.
Palestinians believe the dismantling of the majority of West Bank settlements is vital for a viable Palestinian state. But an influx of up to 9,000 settlers would make evacua tion of these settlements more difficult under a future peace agreement.
The legislative phase of the disengagement plan is due to end in March. Between March and June, the army will prepare for the evacuation, which will take place during the summer. The government has decided that all private homes will be destroyed but is negotiating to sell the businesses. Mr Bassi said between one quarter and one third of settlers' families had contacted his office to inquire about compensation and relocation, although most insisted on complete secrecy.
Mr Bassi, who lives in a kibbutz inside Israel, has become a hate figure for settlers and the right, who have equated his job with that of a Nazi bureaucrat planning the deportation of Jews.
Despite the interest of some settlers in compensation, Mr Bassi said more than 50% had ignored his agency's calls. "Denial is the biggest problem. Some of the settlers seriously believe nothing will happen while the prime minister says that he is 100% certain it will happen. I still do not know if 90% of settlers will still be there next summer ..." he said.
Ranaan Gissin, an adviser to Mr Sharon, said the disengagement would continue regardless of Yasser Arafat's death. "We are involved in one disengagement," he said.
"The Palestinians need to disengage from violence and anarchy. If both prove successful then we can move to a position where we can get back to negotiations outlined by the road map."
· The Israeli economy has lost $12bn (£6.4bn) and the Palestinian economy $4.5bn as a result of the past four years of fighting, an Israeli economist said yesterday.
Danny Singerman, chief economist at the research firm Business Data Israel, said the intifada had cut the Palestinian GDP by about 30% and Israel's GDP by some 10%.
virtuoso:
My favourite part is the israelis insisting that palestinians stop with terrorism even though....
Israel assinates people
Bulldozes peoples homes
Mr Sharon himself and his 101 squad should know all about this of course
Rocket attack residential areas
Shoot palestinians who throw stones and this has been captured on tv footage before, shooting with live bullets
Destroys water supplies, which is exactly what they did in Jenin
Lol its so sick its funny, you fools must love being hypocrites
But here let me just emphasise something because your a brainless fool who will scream racism otherwise., Palestinians and Israelis alike anyone that massacres the innocent are scum. The difference is that we always see and hear every loss that the israelis suffer and each time they scream evil terrorists and it is they who claim the moral highground. Then of course there is that line about it doesnt matter if the palestinians have had this land for 10.000 years its our god given right bs.
J @ M @ L:
--- Quote from: I TO DA GEEZY on January 09, 2006, 12:10:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: Don Rizzle on January 09, 2006, 09:57:32 AM ---israel only moved those they evacuated into the west bank
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NO it didn't. Again I understand that you base your views upon lies and misconceptions but this needs to be pointed out for those who still value facts. Israel DIDN'T move those evacuated from Gaza into the West Bank. I wonder where you derive your disinformation from.
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Those who value facts? LOLLLL
--- Quote from: I TO DA GEEZY on December 21, 2005, 10:04:07 PM ---Genetic researches on Ashkenazi Jews don't show any Khazar bloodline
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--- Quote from: I TO DA GEEZY on December 21, 2005, 10:04:07 PM ---A researcher deals with science and facts and wouldn't say all Jews didn't have Khazar bloodline because that would be a generalization. Generalization is something you're used to
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:)
virtuoso:
JML you should have included the sig in which he says he doesnt believe facts lol
I TO DA GEEZY:
Nothing that you might say changes the fact Israel did not evacuate people from Gaza to the West Bank. This was a lie I don't care what Don omitted. Most of them are scattered in what can only be called improvised refugee camps within Israel and among chip hotels.
P.S
People Israel intentionally assassinates are all active terrorists.
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