11 new families settle in Gaza's Nissanit


Haaretz
 Date: 12-17-04

By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent

Eleven families have recently moved into the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Nissanit with the assistance of the settlers' movement Amana.

Most of the families come from the southern religious community of Merkaz Shapira. Nissanit's secretary, Avi Vakhnin, said Thursday that the families joined the settlement despite the firing of mortar shells in the area. On the contrary, the settlers are responding to these attacks, the disengagement plan, and Sharon's government, he said.

"We heard that there were empty homes, and we wanted to show God that we loved the Land of Israel. God willing, more families will join soon," a mother of three who came to Nissanit a month ago, Ayelet Bar Hen, said.

The newcomers are primarily comprised of young families who are renting in Nissanit, which is the home to 304 families. Dozens of families that had turned several months ago to the disengagement administration headed by Yonatan Bassi but were disappointed to discover that the compensation being offered to settlers who wished to leave was "low," announced they would join the campaign against disengagement. In the past two weeks, the settlement was hit twice by mortar shells, which damaged property, without causing casualties.

Other Gush Katif settlements have taken in families in the past few months. The northern Strip settlement of Elei Sinai is planning new neighborhoods, and at Dugit, a mikveh was recently built and a new clubhouse is being planned.

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