This Failure Will Not Happen Again

It won't because there will never be another disengagement, withdrawal or convergence. God-willing and a little help from man.

Inquiry panel: State turned Gaza evacuees into refugees in their homeland

A commission of inquiry into the state's handling of Gush Katif and northern Samaria evacuees offered harsh criticism of the bureaucracy, delays and poor planning by the authorities since the 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

The report concluded that all the issues still facing those the report called "refugees in the homeland" must be resolved by the end of 2011.

...The report, which spans 488 pages, was submitted to the authorities on Tuesday.

...The report's harshest criticism was directed at the failure to build public institutions in the communities to which the evacuees were relocated..."The commission believes that the delay in the construction of the public institutions is unbecoming, and in certain cases a complete failure for which the government is responsible," the report continued.

...The commission further found that the temporary housing in Nitan was built without any legal authority even though they had cost the state millions of Shekels. The report concluded that these temporary structures must be dismantled by the end of 2011.

...The commission wrote furthermore that the "handling of the evacuees is a test case for the Israeli government system...People lost not only their homes, jobs and communities, but they also lost a part of their identity."

"The state has a responsibility toward them in the basic contract that ensures the human rights of every citizen of the state, not to mention citizens who have been turned into refugees in their homeland by the state."