Settlers Ask Israel to Buy Their Houses

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5180045,00.html

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"West Bank settlers whose communities lie outside Israel's separation barrier are asking the government to buy their houses so they can move back to Israel.

The settlers say the barrier, coupled with Israel's withdrawal from 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank, signals the death knell for their communities, too. They would rather leave now than spend years living in fear and uncertainty.

"I know that in one or two years, there will be a knock on the door and they will say they are taking me out in withdrawal No. 2 or 3," settler Benny Raz said Sunday. "I don't want to wait."

Raz and other settlers have formed the ``One Home'' movement to seek government compensation for their homes.

Settlers like Raz are raising an issue that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has carefully avoided so far in pushing his plan of "disengagement" from the Palestinians - what will happen to some 80,000 Israelis in dozens of communities on what has become the "Palestinian" side of the barrier."

[tucoramirez2005]

1. Who are we kidding?

The US subsidy will pay for the bailout.