SELA Disengagement Authority Report

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Director-General Ilan Cohen and SELA
Disengagement Authority Director Yonatan Basi yesterday (Wednesday),
10.5.06, convened all those professional elements who participated in
implementing the Disengagement Plan for a staff discussion on summarizing
the process.

The following issues were discussed: Preparations by Government ministries
and the security establishment on civilian issues, the advance legislative
process, the stages of the evacuation, permanent and temporary housing,
coordination among the various relevant bodies, the need for oversight of
the process and the need for checks and balances vs. the Government's need
for flexibility of action, how the Government can deal with a lack of
cooperation by residents and with uncertainty, and coordination between the
SELA Disengagement Authority and the other Government and security
establishment bodies.

It was reported that over 80% of the families have maintained their communal
frameworks. It was emphasized that the challenge now facing the Government
is to lead these communities to permanent housing, while maintaining their
community frameworks. In the past seven months, approximately 1,200 new
housing units have been built for evacuees at 24 sites throughout the
country. Over 3,500 claims for compensation have been dealt with; most
families have received full compensation. The Ministerial Committee on
Assisting the Residents of the Gaza Strip and Northern Samaria made over 130
decisions that were carried out in full.

PMO Dir.-Gen. Cohen and SELA Disengagement Authority Director Basi
instructed the professional elements to continue investigating matters in
depth in order to submit the necessary lessons to the decision-makers.