| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
will soon call on the Gaza Strip settlers to participate in his
disengagement plan, probably before the Likud referendum. The
purpose is to make as smooth a transfer of homes and livelihoods as
possible.
Most of the preparations are intended to ensure a smooth move for
the settlements' unique form of agricultural and for their
education, which are their main sources of livelihood.
A steering committee headed by National Security Advisor
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland is preparing the military, economic,
and legal aspects of the disengagement plan. Ministry of Justice
director-general Dr. Aaron Abramovich and Ministry of Finance
director general Dr. Joseph Bachar are also committee members.
It is estimated that each family evacuated from the Gaza Strip
will receive an average of $400,000, for a total expense of $600
million. Sources close to the settlers claim the amounts are higher.
An economic-legal team is examining the possibility of applying
the Law of Compensation for the Sinai Evacuees (1982) to the present
circumstances.
Minister of Immigrant Absorption Tzipi Livni, one of the first
Likud ministers to publicly support the disengagement plan, is
seeking to arrange the conditions for evacuation of the settlers.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on April 19,
2004 | 
