Most Gaza settlers willing to move to Israel

Nearly all Gaza Strip settlers have agreed to move to Israel as a group following this summer’s withdrawal, a spokesman said today, signalling the collapse of what was once wall-to-wall resistance to the government’s plan to evacuate the coastal area.

Most of the 1,600 families in Gaza signed a document stating that if the government goes ahead with the plan to dismantle Gaza settlements, they want to move as a group, said Eran Sternberg, a settler spokesman. However, he insisted, settlers reserve the right to resist once soldiers try to remove them.