When Israel begins evacuating the settlers that now occpy land slated to go into the new Palastinian State, the question of where these settlers will go must be answered. One option is to have them join their political opposition in the communes or "kibbutz".
From The Associated Press:
Kibbutz members are willing to overlook the ideology because of the financial lifeline the settlers would throw them. Many kibbutzim have been in serious trouble for years, unable to maintain their housing and other facilities.In some interesting friction between the two ideologically opposite groups:
Settlers come with money - most families leaving the settlements are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in government compensation.
For Karmiya, selling quarter-acre plots for new housing to the settlers would generate enough money to provide infrastructure for the new neighborhood, with enough left over to renovate kibbutz facilities, including the community's swimming pool, said Uri Sela, the kibbutz manager.
Another reason Kibbutz Karmiya would welcome the settlers is that the kibbutz residents want to boost the pullout, Sela said.
"We are certainly happy ... to join the process of helping and assisting the evacuees and helping them find a warm, comfortable place to live," Sela said.
To overcome the differences in lifestyle and belief, Sela said, the secular kibbutz has agreed to build a synagogue, and residents are willing to make other changes to accommodate the settlers. "The (political) right is strengthening the left," said Yaakov Rosenblatt, a resident of Homesh in the West Bank, a settlement set for evacuation.
Extreme nationalists among the settlers announced that 10,000 soldiers had signed their petitions declaring they would disobey orders to evacuate settlers.
In response, the Kibbutz Movement cobbled together 10,000 people to volunteer to replace the rebellious soldiers.
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