Evacuation dilemma for Gush Katif police
Meeting convened to discuss settler policemen having to evacuate friends and family; police commander says will do all he can to make process easy on them
They discussed the dilemmas facing policemen who will be forced to evacuate friends and family.
They also discussed the possibility of evacuating the policemen from their settlements prior to the last date of the pullout, so that there would be no chance of them breaking the law.
The southern district has more than 40 policemen who presently reside in areas earmarked for evacuation.
Policemen who live in settlements not included in the disengagement plan will also be faced with a harsh predicament, as they will be forced to evacuate their friends who live in settlements slated for evacuation.
Not talking about insubordination
One policeman who lives in a settlement earmarked for evacuation said him and his friends are finding it difficult to deal with the impending pullout.
"We're not talking about insubordination," he said. "I'm a man of faith and I still believe the disengagement will not occur. The process is not simple and it's full of difficulties for me, as a settlement resident and as someone who is supposed to leave his life behind."
Police commander Shimon Ben Harush said the meeting was called out of concern for policemen living in the settlements.
"The meeting was important and good," he said. "We are accompanying our policemen through the process, a process that is not simple. We will help and do all we can to make it as easy as possible."
