Prof. Aumann: “National Disgrace – and the Press is Silent”
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“Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Aumann at the Herzliya Conference: ‘The treatment of the expellees is a national disgrace, and everyone is silent… Israel’s mad rush for peace has the opposite effect.'”
“Prof. Yisrael Aumann of Hebrew University won this past year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, for ‘enhancing our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.’ He spoke last night at the opening session of the prestigious Sixth Annual Herzliya Conference.”
“Many of the thousands of people expelled from Gush Katif and northern Shomron are still in hotels, he noted, ‘even now, a half-year after the expulsion, without the most basic conditions. Most of them are not yet in permanent housing, or even in reasonable temporary housing. There is no work, the children are in despair, and there have been some suicide attempts. Many families, and maybe even most, have not seen a red cent in compensation money, and those who have received are spending it on daily food.'”
“A report released earlier this month by the Gush Katif-L’maan Acheinu Task Force stated that more than half the families had received nothing at all of the promised compensation. The remaining families received an average of 50,000 shekels (just over $10,000), and only some 5% received the entire compensation payment. Those living in pre-fab housing, known as caravilot, are paying monthly rent of $450 – totally using up their advance payment within two years.”
Damaging State Comptroller’s Report to be Released
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“A damaging state comptroller’s report is about to be released, addressing this summer’s Gaza/Samaria Disengagement Plan as well as the level of protection being provided to southern pre-1967 Green Line Israel communities in range of Kassam rockets. Information leaked to the media indicates State Comptroller Justice Micha Lindenstrauss attacks government failures regarding the implementation of the expulsion as well as the lack of protection for southern communities.”
“Justice Lindenstrauss stated 21 investigators worked on the report, which he feels must be released in “real-time” to avoid it becoming ‘another historical document.’”
“Lindenstrauss explains that by releasing the report now, there is time to correct some of the injustices and deficiencies.”