Comments on: http://gushkatifbook.com Gush Katif Resource to educate and enlighten Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yehudit http://gushkatifbook.com/#comment-3935 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:30:17 +0000 http://gushkatifbook.wordpress.com/?page_id=80#comment-3935 Hi Sandy, I am only seeing your questions now, a year later, as we approach 6 years since the pullout. I don’t have exact figures for your questions, but I do know that a small minority of people left before the forced removal. There are numerous factors to this, but I think the main reason was because there was such a strong sense of community there that hardly anyone wanted to be broken up. One of my co-workers recently told me, “my neighbors in Gush Katif were more my family than my own family.” They wished to stay together, and you can still see this community feeling where the families currently live in their temporary homes.

Regarding actual money, you can read some of the actual government decisions here (English): http://jobkatif.org.il/english/about/background/government-reports/

The monetary settlements severely undervalued their assets, and portions of the compensation were conditional on them building permanent homes. Moreover, many families had to use whatever semblance of compensation monies for basic living expenses for the past 6 years, seeing as they had a very hard time finding stable work again.

-Yehudit, JobKatif (www.jobkatif.org)

]]> By: Sanford Silverstein http://gushkatifbook.com/#comment-1956 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:16:49 +0000 http://gushkatifbook.wordpress.com/?page_id=80#comment-1956 I read that the residents of Gush Katif were offered money for their homes, businesses and belongings that they would be forced to leave behind. This offer was made when the withdrawal was first publicized. What percentage of the residents took the monetary offer and left before the forced expulsion of the remainder of the settlers? What was the average monetary settlement?

Sandy Silverstein

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