Search Results for: Compensation

IDF to Construct Concrete Wall at Zikim Base

IDF Base to be Rocket-Proof by Week’s End

Kibbutz Zikim Demanding Equal Protection

Commentary;

And as the Rocket-proofing of Zikim Basic Training Base continues and Kibbutz Zikim seeks, as they are entitled to as citizens, the same type of protection, “GK evictees living in the area are being asked by the Defense Ministry to pay for similar protection out of their own pockets.” (As per Loose English translation of this Arutz-7 article in Hebrew. ) read more

Swapping ‘SELAH’ Stories -by Rachel Saperstein

Excerpts:

“Dan and Aviva are refugees from Gush Katif. Both are devoutly religious, sensitive, quiet-spoken people. They lived down our block. Dan is studying to be a rabbi. Aviva is an assistant kindergarten teacher. When we arrived in Neve Dekalim they were expecting their second child, a daughter, and then we welcomed their third, a son. Today SELAH, the Disengagement Authority, is demanding a DNA test from the family to prove the children really are theirs. The couple must cover the cost of this expensive test. Dan and Aviva are from Ethiopia.” read more

Another right on the mark article from Rachel Saperstein, formerly of Neve Dekalim;

As We View Our Soldiers…

Excerpts:

“There is a good deal of worry about our children. Children who once viewed our soldiers with reverence now see the soldier as an enemy who can readily throw them out of their homes. You can no longer trust a soldier, or a policeman, or a member of the Knesset, or a prime minister. Each engenders fear. One is left with a sense of helplessness.”

” … I am traumatized and my body shakes as I relive, every night, my expulsion by the Israeli army and the Israeli police.” read more

Gaza Evacuees Said Suffering Rampant Emotional Problem

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“Settlers evacuated during the disengagement are suffering from a variety of serious emotional problems, but are receiving little or no treatment, according to a report by the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel.”

“For instance, the report said, people with special needs who were assisted by social workers from the Gaza Coast Regional Council are currently not receiving any such help, in part because their case files are in storage and therefore inaccessible.” read more

Harassment By Mail – by Rachel Saperstein, Neve Dekalim / Jerusalem Gold Hotel

Excerpts:

“A letter arrived from the Bezek Telephone Company. We will have to pay a penalty of IS 280, the letter stated, for breaking our one-year contract for internet use.“The government through us out in August” we countered. ‘They destroyed our phone lines. Sue the government for breach of contract.’ We are awaiting their reply.”

“Twenty-three Neve Dekalim families received a letter from SELAH – The Expulsion Authority. ‘We don’t deny you lived in Neve Dekalim. But you rented privately rather than through the local council. So you are not entitled to housing in Nitzan, or compensation of any kind. You have six days to vacate your hotel!’” read more

Homeless in the Homeland

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“The government’s decision to work with evacuees as individuals rather than as communities has been widely criticized by several Israeli non-governmental organizations, including the Israel Legal Forum, the social service agency Lema’an Achai, and Jewish Family Services, Israel. According to a report compiled by Arlene Kushner for the Israel Resource News Agency, The Disengagement Authority, SELA, insisted on negotiating compensation only with individual families and refused requests from leaders of Gush Katif communities to allow the Israel Legal Forum to negotiate on their behalf as communities.” read more

New National Mission: Employment for Expellees

Excerpts:

“An article on Katif.net describes the sorry situation:

‘Today, three months after the terrible expulsion, many of those who were thrown out of their homes have no home, no work, and no income. People who were used to getting up early in the morning to go to work, now find themselves walking aimlessly around, ashamed to look into their children’s eyes and tell them they have no money because for three months they have been living in hotel rooms or in temporary homes supplied by the government without a place of work or income… ‘” read more

Nitzana: Suspected Infiltration Causes Alert

Living on a Prayer: Three Months After Evacuation

Excerpts:

“On Yom Kippur eve, Kirshenzaft received a call from a soldier who had evacuated them from their home asking for forgiveness. According to Kirshenzaft, the soldier wept on the phone that he regretted his actions and couldn’t sleep at night.”

“Recalls Kirshenzaft, ‘I told him that according to Maimonides, it is not enough to regret actions…one must commit never to do that same action again. I asked if he would follow such orders again and he swore he would not. So I forgave him. But other security officers involved in the expulsion, including one whom I have been friendly with for 25 years, called to ask if we were still friends …they are full of excuses …the brainwashing that it is good for democracy, for the State of Israel. Them I cannot forgive because they have not repented, but I feel sorry for them …they are more unfortunate than us. Despite what the higher-ups say, the soldiers have been traumatized for life. I heard that one kippa-wearing soldier who accompanied our family on the bus was admitted to a psychiatric hospital soon afterwards.'” read more

Atzmonah Takes Refusal in Stride, Wants to Build New Community

Excerpt;

“A proposal to move the 55 expelled families of Atzmonah currently living in Faith City encampment has been voted down – by 11 families of Kibbutz Shomriyah. The 55 say they’ll build somewhere else.”

New Labor Head Peretz Wants to Fund Voluntary Yesha Evacuation

Excerpts;

“The bill was submitted by Peretz together with MKs Ilana Cohen and Yuli Tamir. It stipulates that if least 60% of a community’s residents agree to leave on their own, all the residents will be compensated. The implication is that the 40% who do not agree would be forcibly expelled and then compensated.” read more

Following up on the earlier stories today;

Supreme Court: Expellees Must be Paid

Excerpt;

The High Court ruled today (Thursday) in favor of the homeless residents on a petition brought by Atty. Yossi Fuchs of the Land of Israel Legal Forum and several residents. They had maintained that though their requests for an advance compensation payment had been approved by the relevant committee, the Disengagement Authority suddenly added another condition that most of the former residents cannot meet: The Authority demanded that they sign a form stating they had left their former homes within 48 hours of having been ordered to do so. read more