Gush Katif, 2,000 Days After

by Hillel Fendel

More than 2,000 days – nearly six years – after the expulsion from Gush Katif, the former Gush Katif residents say they are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but that “we have learned from experience that there is still a long way ahead.”

The Gush Katif Residents Committee issued a progress report today, marking one year since the publication of the governmental investigatory committee’s report on the status of the expelled residents

“Whoever comes to the building sites of the new communities,” the report begins, “feels the momentum of building: In N’vei Dkalim, Nitzan, and the Halutza Sands, families are beginning to enter their new homes… But despite the long time that has passed, very difficult issues still have no solution: there is still no concrete plan to suitably compensate the growers; there is no solution for families suffering from the shattering effects of the expulsion who are unable to rebuild homes; there is still no clear governmental timetable for the completion of the permanent communities.”

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