Israel to demolish homes in village for collaborators

The Israeli army decided to demolish dozens of houses in the Dahneya village in southern Gaza on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders, which was inhabited by Palestinian collaborators with Israel, Palestinian security sources said on Wednesday.

The sources said that an Israeli ministerial committee was formed to examine who of those collaborators deserves to stay in Israel and to be evacuated with the settlers after implementing the Gaza withdrawal plan.

The families of collaborators from Dahneya had appealed to the Israeli High Court of Justice, demanding compensation and right to move to live in Israel as part of implementing the disengagement plan. There are 67 families live in the village.

Meanwhile, Israeli Radio reported that an Israeli committee that is composed of Defense minister Shaoul Mofaz, Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni will meet to discuss the issue of the families from Dahneya.

Dahneya area is considered the base for collaborators with Israel in the Gaza Strip, which was built by Israel on the Palestinian-Egyptian borders in Rafah in the early eighties to protect collaborators flee the strip.

Israel is proposing that the families would probably receive temporary residency in Israel after they appealed to the Israeli High Court of Justice.

The families of collaborators were afraid if the Israeli army leaves the Gaza Strip and they are kept in the village, they might be prosecuted and killed by the Palestinians for helping and supporting the Israeli army.

Source: Xinhua