PM: I gave order to plan evacuation of 17 Gaza settlements

[Gimel]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he has given orders to plan for the removal of 17 settlements in Gaza.

"I have given an order to plan for the evacuation of 17 settlements in the Gaza Strip," Sharon said Monday in an interview with Haaretz columnist Yoel Marcus. (The full interview with Sharon will appear Tuesday in Haaretz.)

"It is my intention to carry out an evacuation - sorry, a relocation - of settlements that cause us problems and of places that we will not hold onto anyway in a final settlement, like the Gaza settlements," the prime minister added.

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"We are talking of a population of 7,500 people. It's not a simple matter. We are talking of thousands of square kilometers of hothouses, factories and packing plants. People there who are third-generation.

"The first thing is to ask their agreement, to reach an agreement with the residents. To move thousands of dunams of hothouses, educational institutions, thousands and thousands of vehicles, it's not a quick matter, especially if it's done under fire."

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/389939.html

[ex_jew]

1. Bravo !

(assuming it happens). Otherwise boo.

[plurality]

2. It's a shame these people have to be forced from their homes...

because Arabs and Israelis are incapable of playing together.

[Lithos]

3. Dupe

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