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New Stamp Honoring Gush Katif: Symbolism Over Substance?

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American radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has continually used the phrase “symbolism Over substance” in illustrating cases of governmental lip-service toward a principle or issue.

We find, with the Gush Katif stamp, a classic example of “symbolism Over substance.” While large numbers of former Gush Katif residents have suffered, and continue to suffer directly-related psychological trauma, as well as continuing, in large part, to live limbo without permanent resettlement, lack of compensation and lack of parnossa, the Gush Katif stamp means nothing other than the regime throwing them a worthless, meaningless bone for all of their suffering. A stamp is meaningless payback for their persecution and for the loss of of their beloved Gush Katif due to their Jewishness! When do Jews stop settling for their epitaphs? MB read more

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2 Years After Expulsion: Regime to Former Gush Katif Residents = 0

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Two Years Later, Gush Katif Evacuees Still Need Housing, by Nadav Shragai (Haaretz)

This blogger received the email below from Dror Vanunu of Katifund regarding the current status of the expelled former Gush Katif residents;

Gush Katif Special Report: 22 Months Without a Home.

For the past weeks we are witnessing the emergence of the Hamas in the Gaza Strip and their sowing of violence, despair and hatred among their own people.

From the ruins of our destroyed homes and synagogues they spit out their anger and cruelty to annihilate the State of Israel. read more

“New Aid Package”: Compensation Figures Exaggerated by Israel’s MSM Elitists?

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New Aid Package Falls Short, by “G. Katif” (Israel National News)

Related report:
500,000 Million NIS for Former GK Residents a Start, But There’s A LONG WAY to Go

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Gush Katif expellees trying to pick up the pieces.

Recently, it was reported that the Israeli government approved 500 million additional shekels in compensation for Gush Katif expellees. There were several reports in the press detailing the distribution of monies to individual families.

According to a recent pamphlet compiled by involved Knesset members, the amounts of money to be given to expelled families have been exaggerated in the press. read more

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District Court Awards Compensation to Victim of Police Brutality at Amona

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Court Awards Amona Brutality Victim $61,500

For Related reports on Police Violence and Brutality at Amona, click here.

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A Netanya district court judge has awarded 250,000 shekels ($61,500) to a victim of police brutality at the demolition of houses in Amona last year. The award was given by default after the state prosecutor did not present a defense.

Daniel Maman, who was expelled almost two years from the Gush Katif community of Netzer Hazani, filed the suit after mounted police clubbed him and continued to hit him after he fell to the ground. He suffered a crushed jaw and bruises on most of his body. read more

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Former Gush Katif Residents: Regime Leaves Them Indefinitely Homeless

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20 Months Without a Home: Gush Katif Report, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

For related reports, click here as well as; Expulsion Won’t be Repeated, by Elyakim Haetzni (Ynet)

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Out of 1,667 families expelled from Gush Katif in August 2005 by the Ariel Sharon government, 1,405 are living together in 26 temporary sites. Not one permanent home has begun to be built.

In order to turn a temporary site into a permanent one, a contract must be signed between the government, the residents, and the permanent community already there or the owners. read more

Bibi on the Former Gush Katif Residents: Talks Like a Savior, But Voted for Expulsion

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Neglecting the Gaza Evacuees, by Binyamin Netanyahu (Jerusalem Post)

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More than a year has passed since the communities in Gush Katif and northern Gaza were uprooted. Over 1,000 families went from being evacuees to refugees in their own country. Very little has changed since then.

Despite the government’s assurances and the establishment of a large and well-budgeted agency to handle their re-acculturation, hundreds of families are still facing an unbearable reality. Most live in temporary communities. According to the evacuees’ data, nearly half are unemployed and those who did find work earn no more than half of what they used to earn prior to the pullout. read more

Regime’s Obligation to Former Gush Katif Residents Procedes at Slower Than Snail’s Pace

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A Step Forward [??] for One Gush Katif Community, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

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A proposal to expand a central-Israel moshav for families expelled from Netzer Hazani has been submitted. Elsewhere, Katif expellees already settled in Shomeriya say they still have no phone lines.

The expelled families of Gush Katif continue to suffer the ups and downs of the bureaucratic process of building them permanent homes in place of the ones the government destroyed in the summer of 2005.

The families of Netzer Hazani were given reason for hope, while those of Atzmonah-Shomeriya and Shirat Hayam scored a minus. read more

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More on Peretz’s Mess Regarding Maskiot and Former Gush Katif Residents

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The Maskiot Mess, Editorial (Jerusalem Post)

“The Jordan Valley, with only a sparse Arab population, is considered part of Israel’s national consensus and vital to Israeli security. It was settled primarily at Labor’s direct initiative and the Labor-affiliated settlements were dubbed ‘security settlements’ by Yitzhak Rabin.”

“Peace Now, which attacked Peretz’s initial decision, has raked him over the coals. Dror Etkes, its settlement monitoring coordinator, carped at “the continued zigzag… the surrender to pressure from different directions and the inability to formulate consistent policy guidelines.” read more

Tzippi Livni: Olmert’s Olmert? [As Olmert Was Sharon’s Advanceman on Expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif, Shomron]

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Weekly Commentary: From Failure to Failure – The Livni Plan – and Test for Olmert, byDr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has a plan.

“I’m talking about an operative diplomatic plan with quite a high resolution. I won’t reveal all the details to you now, but I can tell you that I, for my part, know exactly what must be done.” [ The Livni Plan – Interview by Ari Shavit – Haaretz Magazine Section 29 December 2006] read more

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More on Olmert Regime Meaness, Heartlessness, Callousness, Thievery and Downright Hatred for the Jews Expelled from Gush Katif

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Terrorism-Stricken Gush Katif Family Denied Compensation, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

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MK Yitzchak Levy has written to the Prime Minister, asking for his personal intervention on behalf of a Gush Katif icon family being denied State compensation for having been expelled from its home.

Eliezer and Chana Bart lived in the Gush Katif community of Kfar Darom for over 18 years until they and their eight children were thrown out in accordance with Prime Minister Sharon’s disengagement/expulsion plan. They have now been informed that as far as the government is concerned, they are not eligible for compensation. read more